Nashville Gas & Heating Co. v. City of Nashville

In 1911 the City of Nashville, pursuant to charter powers, granted authority to the Gas Company, complainant below, by ordinance formally accepted,' to “construct, acquire, maintain and operate gas works in the city of Nashville, county of D'avidson, State of Tennessee, and to manufacture, sell and supply gas in said city, and to buy, use and maintain pipes and extend existing conduits and mains, with all the necessary and proper attachments, connections and appurtenances below the surface of the streets, avenues, sidewalks, alleys and public grounds, and on the bridges and viaducts of the…