Legal Opinion
Walker Bros. Catering Co. v. Detroit City Gas Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 1925No. Docket No. 147PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The questions involved in this litigation are so clearly stated by Judge Arthur Webster in an opinion filed by him, that we quote from it as follows:
“The Detroit City Gas Company was operating in the city of Detroit under a franchise granted in 1898, which expired by limitation of time October 31, 1923. About the time this franchise expired negotiations were pending between the common council of the city and. the gas company relative to new rates. The company and the common council agreed to submit the whole matter to a board of arbitration, and this board, after a hearing lasting over…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Taylor v. Michigan Public Utilities CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1922
- City of Madison v. Madison Gas & Electric Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
- City of Detroit v. Detroit United RailwayMichigan Supreme Court · 1912
3Cited by9 opinions
- City of Detroit v. Michigan Public Utilities CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
- City of Jackson v. Consumers Power Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1945
- City of Dearborn v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1941
- Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. SpillmanDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1925
- Valley Elec. Membership Corp. v. Southwestern Elec. Power Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1989
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