Street franchise
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From 224 U.S. 649 - City of Louisville v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 1912Most cited · 156 citing opinions
Such a street franchise has been called by various names,—an incorporeal hereditament, an interest in land, an easement, a right of way, but, howsoever designated, it is property. ... Being property, it was taxable, alienable, and transferable