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SOUTH COVINGTON & CINCINNATI STREET RY. CO. v. NEWPORT

No. 203.

259 U.S. 97 (1922)

SOUTH COVINGTON & CINCINNATI STREET RAILWAY COMPANY, ET AL. v. CITY OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 15, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alfred C. Cassatt, with whom Mr. Richard P. Ernst, Mr. Frank W. Cottle and Mr. Matt Herold were on the briefs, for appellants.

Mr. Brent Spence for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

In their original bill appellants allege: That they hold perpetual franchises over certain streets in Newport, Kentucky, for operating street cars and distributing electric current; that in due course it became necessary for them to obtain an additional current from another company; and that to that end in 1915, under supervision and direction of the city authorities, they constructed a high tension wire extending...

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