Legal Opinion
Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. City of Jackson, Miss.
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided January 24, 1935No. 540PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, District Judge.
The plaintiff, a public utility corporation organized under the laws of Florida, and doing business in this state, prays for an injunction to restrain the defendants, citizens of Mississippi, from the enforcement of a municipal ordinance which provides for substantial reductions in rates to be charged for electricity furnished by the 'plaintiff to the public within the city of Jackson, Miss. It alleges that the rates are unreasonably low, and that, if forced to abide by them, will be the means of confiscating the property of the plaintiff used and useful in the…
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- Ohio Casualty Ins. Co. v. PlummerDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1935
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