Legal Opinion

Arkansas-Missouri Power Corp. v. City of Kennett

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided September 25, 1941PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHays, J.

This is a suit in equity by the Arkansas-Missouri Power Corporation and certain other taxpayers in the City of Kennett, Missouri, brought against said city, certain of its officers and others. The bill prays for an injunction to prevent the carrying out of certain contracts for the erection of a municipally-owned electric power plant and distribution system. The project is financed in part at least through a loan and grant from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, hereinafter called the PWA.

In 1933 the power company was supplying customers'in the City of Kennett with…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Lochner v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. West Coast Hotel Co. v. ParrishSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  3. Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. Adkins v. Children's Hospital of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  5. Atkin v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. City of Joplin v. Industrial Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
  2. Craig v. City of MacOnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
  3. Wilhoit v. City of SpringfieldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1943
  4. Schweig v. City of St. LouisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. Ballentine v. NesterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942

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