Central States Electric Co. v. Incorporated of Randall

Plaintiff’s petition, filed November 8, 1940, asserts the following facts: plaintiff, a corporation, is engaged in selling electric current at both wholesale and retail; tlefendant, Town of Randall, was organized as a municipal corporation approximately four months before the filing of the petition and the defendant, Town of Story City, is a municipal corporation; the individual defendants are officers of the two towns; on February 20, 1940, the Iowa State Commerce Commission granted plaintiff a 25-year franchise to use the streets, alleys and public places in the Town of Randall, which was…