Hot Springs Electric Light Co. v. Hot Springs
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court. Alexander M. Dueeie; Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 13th day of: August, 1887, the city council of Hot Springs passed an ordinance granting to the Hot Springs Electric Light Company the right to erect poles in the streets of said city, the first section of which ordinance is as follows: “That the Hot Springs Electric Light Company shall be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to erect and raise poles, and posts and run wires…
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court. Alexander M. Dueeie; Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 13th day of: August, 1887, the city council of Hot Springs passed an ordinance granting to the Hot Springs Electric Light Company the right to erect poles in the streets of said city, the first section of which ordinance is as follows: “That the Hot Springs Electric Light Company shall be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to erect and raise poles, and posts and run wires upon, over and across all the streets, avenues, alleys and public places, and to maintain an electric light plant in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Eiddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an action by the city of Hot Springs against the Hot Springs Electric Light ■Company to recover a sum of money which the city claims of it for the use and occupation of certain portions of the public streets upon which the company has erected its poles for electric light purposes. An ordinance of the city requires that each person, company or corporation erecting and maintaining any pole in the streets of the city for electric light, telephone, or certain other purposes shall pay to the city 50 cents per annum for each pole so erected and…
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