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Lewis v. Nashville Gas & Heating Co.

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 7, 1931PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cook

The Nashville Gas and Heating Company was incorporated July 5, 1911, for the purpose of establishing gas works and supplying gas to the inhabitants of Nashville. The charter of incorporation was authorized by chapter 142, Acts of 1875, chapter 176, Acts of 1887, and chapter 70, Acts of 1889. Conditions annexed to the corporate franchise by these statutes were, first, that no one of the city streets or alleys of said city shall be entered upon or used by said company for laying pipes and conductors or otherwise until consent of the municipal authorities shall have been first obtained and an…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. St. Louis v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Blair v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. Mayor of Knoxville v. AfricaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
  4. Railroad v. BinghamTennessee Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Byrne v. Chicago General Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1897

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Hoover Motor Exp. Co. v. Railroad & Public Utilities CommissionTennessee Supreme Court · 1953
  2. Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. City of ChattanoogaTennessee Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Memphis Power & Light Co. v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 1937
  4. City of Paris v. Paris-Henry County Public Utility DistrictTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
  5. Nashville Gas & Heating Co. v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1941

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