State of Ohio, on the Relation of Paul T. Klapp, Prosecuting Attorney v. Dayton Power & Light Co.

In an action quo warranto originally filed in the state court the District Court, after removal and eventual hearing on the merits, gave judgment for defendant. 1 Defendant, and its predecessors, electric light and power companies, had operated in Piqua, Ohio, for nearly 50 years in accordance with an ordinance of the city. In this action the city sought to oust defendant from the streets and public places of the city and to force defendant to remove its poles and other equipment from such streets and public places upon or over the ground. A later stipulation joined in by the city excepts…