Elk Hotel Co. v. United Fuel Gas Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Suit by the Elk Hotel Company against the United Fuel Gas Company. From decree for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Dyncii, Judge:
The plaintiff, Elk Hotel Company, a corporation, owns a building and in it conducts a hotel in the city of Charleston. The United Fuel Gas Company is a corporation supplying natural gas for fuel for heat and light to the inhabitants of the city, under a franchise granted by the municipality. It •offered gas to domestic consumers at the rate of twenty two cents for each thousand cubic feet consumed, with a reduction of two cents per thousand cubic feet for prompt monthly payments. To manufactories it offered a reduced rate, graduated according to the quantity consumed, provided…
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- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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- Hays v. Pennsylvania Co.United States Circuit Court · 1882
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