Missouri Public Service Co. v. City of Trenton

SOMERVILLE, Judge.

This injunction action was generated by a confrontation between Missouri Public Service Co., plaintiff below (hereinafter referred to as the company), and the City of Trenton and Trenton Municipal Utilities, Board of Public Works, defendants below (hereinafter collectively referred to as the city), concerning the right to provide electric service to two private residences located outside the corporate limits of the city.

A brief recital of certain facts will suffice to illuminate the issues on appeal.

For many years the city (a third class city) owned and operated an electric…