Petroleum Exploration v. Joseph Greenspon's Sons Iron & Steel Co.

MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting an interlocutory injunction, enjoining appellants from proceeding under a franchise granted by the city of Corbin to Petroleum Exploration August 8,1930, and by that company assigned to its subsidiary, the People’s Gas Company, September 17, 1930. The decision of this court in City of Corbin, Ky. v. Joseph Greenspon’s Sons Iron & Steel Co., 52 F.(2d) 939, disposes of all substantial questions presented on the record, except the validity of the franchise.

Section 164 of the state Constitution declares that, before granting such a…