City of Wheeling v. Natural Gas Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Ohio County. Suit by tbe City of "Wheeling against the Natural Gas Company of West Virginia. From decree for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MlLLER, PRESIDENT:
The bill prays for an injunction restraining defendant from selling or permitting to be sold for lighting purposes natural gas conducted through its pipe lines, so as to compete with gas manufactured by plaintiff, in alleged violation of its ordinance franchise of April 17, 1885; also for an accounting for all illuminating gas sold in competition with plaintiff’s manufactured gas, and for general relief.
Section 1 of said ordinance provides: ‘ ‘ See. 1. Permission is hereby granted the ‘Natural Gas Company of West Virginia’, to lay pipes in and under the streets, alleys and…
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