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LYNCHBURG TRACTION & LIGHT CO. v. CITY OF LYNCHBURG

No. 2551.

16 F.2d 763 (1927)

LYNCHBURG TRACTION & LIGHT CO. v. CITY OF LYNCHBURG.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

January 11, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Abbot, of Lynchburg, Va. (Barksdale & Abbot and A. D. Barksdale, all of Lynchburg, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

T. G. Hobbs, of Lynchburg, Va., for appellee.

Before ROSE and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and WATKINS, District Judge.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a bill in equity filed by the Lynchburg Traction & Light Company, hereinafter called the company, to enjoin the city of Lynchburg from enforcing an ordinance fixing a street car fare of 5 cents on certain lines of the company. The basis of the suit is that the ordinance complained of impairs the obligations of contracts evidenced by franchises granted by the city to the company. The dismissal was...

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