Ft. Smith Light & Traction Co. v. City of Ft. Smith
District Court, W.D. Arkansas
In Equity. Suit by the Ft. Smith Light & Traction Company against the City of Ft. Smith, Fagan Bourland, Mayor, John Harrington, Police Judge, and Vincent M. Miles, City Attorney. On application for temporary restraining order.
1Opinion of the Court
YOUMANS, District Judge.
This is an application for a temporary restraining order to restrain the city of Ft. Smith and its mayor, police judge, and city attorney from enforcing Ordinance No. 1053, passed by the council of the city of Ft. Smith on the 16th day of December, 1912, in which the maximum price at which natural gas may be sold to consumers in said city is fixed at 25 cents per thousand cubic feet. The application is based on the allegations of the bill filed herein, affidavits, and oral proof introduced by both plaintiff and defendants. No answer has yet been filed.! The bill sets…
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