Garrison v. Chicago
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
In equity'. This was an application for a preliminary injunction made by Cornelius K. Garrison, a citizen of the state of New York, as a stockholder of the People’s Gas Light and Coke Company, an Illinois corporation,, to restrain the city of Chicago from interference with the rights of the gas company, under and by virtue of a certain contract entered into by the city of Chicago with said gas light and coke company, on the 3rd of October, 1869, for the supply of gas to the…
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In equity'. This was an application for a preliminary injunction made by Cornelius K. Garrison, a citizen of the state of New York, as a stockholder of the People’s Gas Light and Coke Company, an Illinois corporation,, to restrain the city of Chicago from interference with the rights of the gas company, under and by virtue of a certain contract entered into by the city of Chicago with said gas light and coke company, on the 3rd of October, 1869, for the supply of gas to the city for the period of ten years, for a sum not exceeding 83.00 per 1,000 cubic feet, The bill, after setting forth the…
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, Circuit Judge.
In May, 1S59, the city of Chicago entered into a contract with the Chicago Gas Light and Coke Company to furnish the city with gas for ten years, viz., till May, 1869.
In February, 1855, the People’s Gas Light and Coke Company was incorporated, and was authorized to manufacture and sell gas to the city of Chicago, and to erect all neces■sary works for that purpose.
In April, 1862, with the consent of the city, the Chicago Gas Light and Coke Company assigned all its interest in the contract of 1859, as to the west division of the city, to the People’s Gas Light and Coke…
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