Graves v. Key City Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. — Hon. D. * J. Lene-han and Hon. J. L. Husted, Judges. Action in chancery to restrain the defendant from depriving the plaintiff of gas which he claims under a contract between the parties. The court upon two several applications refused to grant a temporary injunction. From these orders the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, C. J.
I. The petition alleges that the defendant is authorized to supply gas'for illuminating and other purposes to the citizens of Dubuque, and that the plaintiff is a citizen of that city, occupying, with his family, a dwelling in Fenelon place, where the defendant has maintained gas pipes for a great many years. It is further shown that, on the third day of June, 1880, the plaintiff and the defendant entered into a contract, as set out by a resolution adopted by the board of directors of the defendant, and duly entered upon the records of the' company, which is in these words:
“Be it resolved,…
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