Seward v. Town of Liberty

Appellant brought this action to enjoin appellee from contracting with Snyder & Goughlin to furnish gas to light the streets and public grounds of said town.

The complaint was in two paragraphs, to which a demurrer for want of facts was sustained, and appellant refusing to plead further, appellee had judgment.

It is alleged in the first paragraph “that appellee is about to enter into a contract to pay $720.00 per year for sixty street lights, that is, $12.00 per year for each light, being $3.00 per thousand feet for the gas used, while private consumers are only paying $1.00 per thousand feet…