Quincy v. Steel
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT' COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. This was a bill in equity. Respondent demurred. Decree for complainant, from which respondent appealed. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
delivered the opinion of ¿he court..This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois.
James ~W. Steel, the complainant in the Circuit Court, is a citizen of Alabama, and he brings his bill against the city of Quincy; a municipal corporation of the State of Illinois, and the Quincy Gas Light and Colee Company, also a corporation* of that state. He sets out a contract .between the city of Quincy and the gas company, dated February 14, 1877, the only parts of which in this connection of any importance being that the gas company was to furnish a…
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