Legal Opinion
City of Corbin v. Joseph Greenspon's Sons Iron & Steel Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1931No. 5934PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.
In September, 1928, Corbin, Ky., a city of the third class, sold a franchise for the .distribution of gas in the city to Luker, who immediately transferred it to Dulin. In 1929 Dulin died, and in February, 1930, Mrs. Dulin, his administratrix, assigned the franchise to the Freeman Gas Company. In April following the Freeman Company assigned it to appellee. Proceeding under the franchise in May of 1930 appellee began the construction of mains and distributing lines in the city. The officials of the city undertook to prevent the construction, and this action was brought…
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