Worcester Electric Co. v. Hancock

The question in this case is the right of the municipality of Snow Hill, Md., without an act of the Legislature, to dispose of its interest in the Snow Hill Electric Light and Power Company, which the city holds under a contract of sale with the Snow Hill Electric Light and Power Company dated July 14th, 1924. By chapter 179 of the Acts of 1924, the city was “authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase and to operate and maintain the existing electric light plant in Snow Hill for the lighting of the public buildings and highways of said town, and to sell light ox heat, or light and heat…