Natural Gas & Fuel Corp. v. Norphlet Gas & Water Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, C. J.,
(after stating the facts). A franchise granted by a city council to a public service corporation to furnish gas for heat, light and powex*, when accepted, becomes a binding contract, to he governed by^the same rules and principles that control other contracts. Mena v. Tomlinson Bros., 118 Ark. 116, 175 S. W. 1187; Arkansas Light & Power Co. v. Cooley, 138 Ark. 390, 211 S. W. 664; Pocahontas v. Central Power & Light Co., 152 Ark. 276, 244 S. W. 712; and El Dorado v. Citizens’ Light & Power Co., 158 Ark. 550, 250 S. W. 882.
The record in the case at bar, however, fails to show that…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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