George Gilbertson v. City of Fairbanks, a Municipal Corporation

JERTBERG, Circuit Judge.

On August 23, 1956, appellee (plaintiff below) filed a complaint against appellant (defendant below), hereinafter for convenience sometimes respectively referred to as plaintiff or defendant and as appellant or appellee, in which plaintiff sought judgment in the sum of $5,146.25, claimed to be the reasonable value of certain utilities furnished to defendant’s hotel by plaintiff, in its capacity as the owner and operator of an electric, telephone, steam heat, and water utility system. Defendant’s answer denied the material allegations of the complaint, and asserted a…