State ex rel. Means v. City of Hiawatha
Supreme Court of Kansas
Frror from Brown District Court. Action by The State, on the relation of W. F. Means, county attorney, against the City of Hiawatha and the General Electric Company. Judgment for defendants on demurrer, and plaintiff brings error. The material facts appear in the opinion herein, filed at the June session of the court, 1894.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Allen, J.:
This action was instituted by the county attorney of Brown county, in the name of the state, to restrain the city of Hiawatha from erecting and maintaining an electric plant. The defendants answered, admitting that they had entered into a contract, a copy of which was attached to the answer, for the purchase by the city from the General Electric Company of an electric plant, for the purpose of lighting the public streets of the city, and alleging that such plant was *478to be used exclusively for the purpose of lighting the public streets, and…
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