Russell v. Sebastian
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. The facts, which involve the construction and constitutionality under the contract clause of the Federal Constitution of provisions of the constitution of California in regard to right of gas and water companies to excavate streets in municipalities for their mains, and the application of such provisions to such corporations in the City of Los Angeles, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
This is a writ of error to review a judgment in a habeas corpus proceeding. 163 California, 668.
The plaintiff in error was arrested, on or about Febru* ary 27, 1912, upon the charge of excavating in a' street of Los Angeles in violation of a municipal ordinance. He was acting on behalf of the Economic Gas Company, a corporation supplying inhabitants of the city with gas, and was engaged in-preparing to lay its pipes in a street which it had not previously used. The company was proceeding under a claim of right based upon § 19 of art. XI of the state constitution of 1879, as amended in 1884,…
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