Wyandotte Electric Light Co. v. City of Wyandotte
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Grove, J., presiding. Bill by the Wyandotte Electric-Light Company against the city of Wyandotte and others to restrain interference with complainant’s poles and wires. Defendants filed an answer in the nature of a cross-bill, praying that complainant be required to remove such poles and wires from the streets. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal. The complainant was organized September 19, 1889, with four incorporators.
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Appeal from Wayne; Grove, J., presiding. Bill by the Wyandotte Electric-Light Company against the city of Wyandotte and others to restrain interference with complainant’s poles and wires. Defendants filed an answer in the nature of a cross-bill, praying that complainant be required to remove such poles and wires from the streets. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal. The complainant was organized September 19, 1889, with four incorporators. Its articles of association recited that it was incorporated under Act No. 232, Pub. Acts 1885, as amended by Act No. 170, Pub. Acts 1889 (2…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). There is one controlling question in the case. Upon its determination depend the rights of the parties. It can, perhaps, be better stated by stating the several contentions. The defendants contend that complainant, by organizing under the general manufacturers’ act, obtained no franchise direct from the legislature to use the streets and highways, such as it would have acquired under the electric-light companies’ act. Their second contention results from the first, namely, that the city had no authority to grant the franchise claimed by complainant. The complainant…
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