Indiana-Kentucky Natural Gas Corp. v. City of Springfield

Opinion of the. Court by

Hobson, Commissioner—

Reversing.

On January 2, 1931, the city council of Springfield regularly passed an ordinance creating a franchise to supply gas to the city and the inhabitant thereof for light, heat, power, and-other purposes; by section 1 the franchise should continue for a period of twenty-one years from and after the passage of the ordinance; by section 2 tlie purchaser should be at all times subject to all laws and ordinances of the city relative to the use of public ways by gas and power companies; by section. 3 the laying of all mains, pipes, and other…