Legal Opinion

Marion Electric Light & Ice Co. v. Rochester

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 11, 1912PublishedCited by 7 opinions

” Appeal from Crittenden Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Reversing.

On November 14, 1899, tbe city of Marion granted to Boyce & Eddings a franchise for electric lights within the city and this franchise has passed, by assignment, to the Marion Electric Light & Ice Company, which now owns it and operates under it. Among other things, it contains these provisions:

*811“2. Said Boyce & Eddings shall without unnecessary delay and .within eighteen months from and after the 14th day of November, 1899, construct, equip and put in operation in said city of Marion, Ky., an electric light plant of not less than eight…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Williams v. Maysville Telephone Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Daniel v. Broad River Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1929
  2. Johnson v. McMahanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
  3. Cossar, Sheriff v. KleinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
  4. Southern Properties, Inc. v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  5. City of Campbellsville v. Taylor County Telephone Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929

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