Old Colony Trust Co. v. City of Omaha
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. The facts, which involve the construction of ordinances of "the city of Omaha, Nebraska, granting franchises for distribution of electric current, the extent of the rights thereunder and the effect'of subsequent ordinances thereon and. the constitutionality of the latter under the contract clause of the Constitution of the United States, are stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. The facts, which involve the construction of ordinances of "the city of Omaha, Nebraska, granting franchises for distribution of electric current, the extent of the rights thereunder and the effect'of subsequent ordinances thereon and. the constitutionality of the latter under the contract clause of the Constitution of the United States, are stated in the opinion. The ordinance in question granted to the New Omaha Thomson-Houston Electric Light Co. or assigns, a right of way over- the streets of the city of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
The principal questions presented by this suit are, first, whether the Omaha Electric Light and Power Company, which will be spoken of as the Electric Company, has a ' subsisting franchise to occupy and use the streets, alleys arid public grounds of the city of Omaha, Nebraska, in the ■ distribution of electric current, and, second, whether, if so, the franchise is limited to the distribution of such current for lighting purposes or includes its distribution for power and heating purposes. If there be a franchise it rests primarily upon the' following ordinance adopted by the-council of the…
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