Supreme Court of the United States, 1919

Burr v. City of Columbus

Burr v. City of Columbus
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 14, 1919 · Day
249 U.S. 415; 39 S. Ct. 354; 63 L. Ed. 679; 1919 U.S. LEXIS 1676 (United States Reports)

Burr v. City of Columbus

Opinion

Memorandum by direction of the court, by

Mr. Justice Day.

This case was argued and submitted with No. 715, just decided, ante, 399. It was brought by owners and holders of more than $200,000 of certain mortgage bonds of the Street Railway-Company. The bill alleged diversity of Citizenship, and also rights alleged to arise under the Constitution. The case was heard upon motion for a temporary injunction and upon defendant’s motion to dismiss the bill. The injunction ivas refused, the motion to dismiss was granted and a decree entered accordingly.' To all intents the case is controlled by the decision in No. 715. The decree of the District Court is

Affirmed.

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