Jersey City Gas Co. v. Dwight
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On order to show cause, requiring the defendants to show cause why an injunction should not issue, heard on bill and affidavits and answers.
1Opinion of the Court
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The complainants seek to be protected against an invasion of their franchises. They were incorporated by a charter approved March 1st, 1849 (P. L. 1849, p. 29). Besides being authorized to make and sell gas, they were empowered to lay down gas-pipes in the public highways and grounds of Jersey City, and to do all things necessary to light Jersey City with gas. Under this authority they claim to have expended, in erecting gas-works and putting down gas-pipes, $500,000.
The defendants are thirteen in number. They claim to have acquired corporate existence under the name of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Painter v. PainterOhio Supreme Court · 1849
- Attorney General v. Tudor Ice Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- President, Directors, & Company of Croton Turnpike Road v. RyderNew York Court of Chancery · 1815
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