Gulf Coast Ice & Manufacturing Co. v. Bowers
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Hancock county. Hon. Stone Devours, Chancellor. Bowers, appellee, was complainant in the court below; the Gulf Coast Ice and Manufacturing Company, a co-partnership, appellants, were defendants there. The facts are these: Appellee Bowers was the owner of several pieces of valuable and handsome residence property in the city of Bay St. Louis. These residences front on the sea coast, and between them and the beach the public street passes.
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From the chancery court of Hancock county. Hon. Stone Devours, Chancellor. Bowers, appellee, was complainant in the court below; the Gulf Coast Ice and Manufacturing Company, a co-partnership, appellants, were defendants there. The facts are these: Appellee Bowers was the owner of several pieces of valuable and handsome residence property in the city of Bay St. Louis. These residences front on the sea coast, and between them and the beach the public street passes. The value of appellee’s property was enhanced by having an unobstructed view of the gulf. The appellants claimed and had a…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral., J.
The municipal authorities of the city of Bay St. Louis was empowered by its charter (sec. 42, p. 446, laws 1886) to light the streets of the city for the public benefit, and on the 21st day of December, 1899, made a contract with the appellant company for that purpose. In pursuance of this authority and contract) the appellant erected poles on and along the streets of said city, and attached to them the wires and other necessary appliances for lighting the streets with electricity, and inaugurated and put in operation an electric light plant, which lighted the streets of the city in…
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- Palmer v. . Larchmont Electric Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Theobold v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1889
- City of Newport v. Newport Light Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886
- Johnson v. Thompson-Houston Electric Co.New York Supreme Court · 1889
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