State ex rel. Weise v. Sedalia Gas Light Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Riciiaed Field, Judge. Statement of the case by the court. The petition avers, and the alternative writ recites, that the appellant was organized under the general laws of the state of Missouri for the purpose of supplying the city of Sedalia and its inhabitants with illuminating gas; that by section 14 of said article 7 (Wag.-Stat.) said company might lay its pipes, etc., through the streets of said city, by consent of the…
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Appeal from the Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Riciiaed Field, Judge. Statement of the case by the court. The petition avers, and the alternative writ recites, that the appellant was organized under the general laws of the state of Missouri for the purpose of supplying the city of Sedalia and its inhabitants with illuminating gas; that by section 14 of said article 7 (Wag.-Stat.) said company might lay its pipes, etc., through the streets of said city, by consent of the municipal authorities thereof, under such reasonable regulations as said authorities might prescribe ; that on the seventeenth…
1Opinion of the Court
Gill, T.
I. It is a well understood principle that corporations, so engaged as the appellant gas company, may, in its dealings with the people, adopt and enforce such reasonable and just rules and regulations as may be necessary to protect its interests and further the designs of its incorporation. They have such power, too, without an' express grant to that effect. It is an inherent power implied from the nature of the business in which they are engaged, limited only by express statute, or ordinance,' or by a sense of what is right, reasonable and just. Shepard v. Gas Co., 6 Wis. 539 ;…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shepard v. Milwaukee Gas Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1858
- Wendel v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
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- Johnson County Gas Co. v. StaffordCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
- Louisville Gas Co. v. Dulaney & AlexanderCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
- Mackin v. Portland Gas Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1900
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