City of Evansville v. Evansville Gaslight Co.

This was a suit by the appellant against “ The Evansville Gaslight Company,” a corporation, for alleged breaches of a contract to furnish the city and citizens of Evansville with gas, made by the city with John Jeffrey ft Co. The court below sustained a demurrer to the complaint, and rendered final judgment for the appellee. The city appeals.

The complaint alleges that on the 15th of June, 1852, John Jeffrey ft Co. entered into a contract with the plaintiff which, in the form of an ordinance of the city council, with the approval and acceptance of the said John Jeffrey ft Co., is set out in…