Legal Opinion
State Ex Inf. Chaney v. West Missouri Power Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided March 12, 1926PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAGLAND, P. J. —
This is a proceeding in quo warranto. The respondent, West Missouri Power Company, is a public-service corporation, engaged, among other things, in maintaining and operating an electric power and lighting system in the city of Warrensburg. The information challenges its right to occupy the streets and alleys of that city with its poles, transmission lines and other structures and appliances incident to and necessary for the conveyance and proper distribution of electric current which it funish'es the public. The cause was instituted in Johnson County, but was tried in the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Daily Leader v. Cameron, AuditorSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1895
- Omaha Water Co. v. City of OmahaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
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