Elizabeth City Water & Power Co. v. City of Elizabeth City

From the oral argument of this case we were impressed with the idea that perhaps the city of Elizabeth City had violated some legal rights of .the plaintiff, the Elizabeth City "Water and Power Company. From a thorough examination of the record, we are of the opinion that the defendant, city of Elizabeth City, was in its legal rights, and under the law had full power and authority to do all the acts and things complained of by the plaintiff.

The plaintiff’s complaint, stripped of all technicalities, in a “nutshell,” is that the defendant, the city of Elizabeth City, is about to start a rival…