Des Moines St. Ry. Co. v. Des Moines Broad-Gauge R. Co.,
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Iowa |
| Writing for the Court | PER CURIAM. |
| Citation | 38 N.W. 496,74 Iowa 585 |
| Decision Date | 04 June 1888 |
| Parties | DES MOINES ST. RY. CO. v. DES MOINES BROAD-GAUGE R. CO. ET AL. |
74 Iowa 585
38 N.W. 496
DES MOINES ST. RY. CO.
v.
DES MOINES BROAD-GAUGE R. CO. ET AL.
Supreme Court of Iowa.
June 4, 1888.
Proceedings for contempt in violating an injunction. For opinions and decree awarding the injunction, see 33 N. W. Rep. 610, 35 N. W. Rep. 602.
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Parsons & Perry and Kauffman & Guernsey, for plaintiff.
Cummins & Wright and J. H. Detrick, for defendants.
PER CURIAM.
At a prior term of this court, in certain causes therein pending, in which the plaintiff, the defendant railway company, and the city of Des Moines were parties, a decree was entered enjoining and restraining the city of Des Moines, the mayor and marshal thereof, and their successors in office, from “interfering in any way with the construction, extension, or operation, by animal power, of the plaintiff's line of street railway upon any
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of the streets of the city of Des Moines: provided, this decree shall not be held to operate as a restraint upon the city of Des Moines of a proper police and equitable control over the streets of said city, and the power to make reasonable regulations as to the manner of construction of said lines, the places in the streets where the same shall be located, and the character and extent of service that shall be furnished thereon.” Subsequent to entering such decree, and on the 25th day of May, 1888, when the plaintiff was engaged in laying down its railway track along and upon Grand avenue, a street in said city, the defendant, William L. Carpenter, mayor, and Alfred Jarvis, marshal thereof, interrupted and arrested, or caused to be arrested, men in the employ of the plaintiff, and engaged, under its direction, in laying down said track; and the plaintiff claims that in so doing the said Carpenter and Jarvis are in contempt of the authority and decree of this court, and the object of this proceeding is to punish them therefor. In response to a rule to show cause why they were not in contempt, the said Carpenter and Jarvis admitted they had caused the arrest of the employes of the plaintiff, and had interrupted and prevented it from laying down its track upon said avenue, and justified the same under and by virtue of certain resolutions of the city of Des Moines. It appears from the record that the gauge of the plaintiff's road is three and one-half feet, and that such gauge was adopted, as the plaintiffs claim, under and by virtue of an ordinance of the city, passed in 1866, granting the plaintiff the...
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