Miller v. Incorporated Town of Milford

Prior to 1930, the town of Milford and its inhabitants had been receiving electric service from the Iowa Public Service Company which held a general franchise expiring in October, 1933. On September 11, 1928, the town and company entered into a written contract for lighting the streets of Milford. The term of the agreement was for a period of five years, from July 1, 1928, and for five-year periods thereafter until canceled by a sixty-day written notice by either party to the other prior to the end of the term or any fifth anniversary of the effective date of the agreement. On February 21,…