City of Indianapolis v. Consumers Gas Trust Co.

— The facts appearing from the record in this cause are substantially as follows:

On June 27, 1887, the city of Indianapolis, by its common council and board of aldermen, passed what is known as the ‘'natural gas ordinance,” authorizing natural gas companies which should accept its terms and conditions, to lay mains in the city.

In November, 1887, the appellee, the Consumers Gas Trust Company, was organized, and soon after accepted the terms and conditions of this ordinance and laid its mains along certain streets of said city. Among the sections of that ordinance, and upon which this…