The Nichols Case

The supreme court has handed down its decisión in the case of the Nichols heirs vs. the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti street railway. It is first contended that the question raised by the plaintiff, whether the company liad alegal status, is not pertinent to the case. Secondly, it is held that the use of steani or electricity as a motive power is nut an additional burden orservitude upon the lands of abutting owners. Thirdly, it is held that the company was properly authorized by the townships to build the road. Fourthly, it is granted that the road was not properly constructed in front of the Nichols premises, not being Iaid in conformity to the grade of the highway, and an injunction is imposed upon the company, forbidding it to opérate the road until it can correct this mistake. This can easily be done.