Legal Opinion
Capital City Gaslight Co. v. City of Des Moines
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Decided January 8, 1896PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLSOli, District Judge.
The piaintiff above named, a citizen of the state of Iowa, is a corporation organized September 10, 1875, under the general statutes of that state, with a corporate terra of 50 years, providing for the incorporation of “corporations for pecuniary benefit.” The defendant, a citizen of the said state of Iowa, is a municipal corporation incorporated under the general statutes of that state providing for the incorporation of cities. Under the classification established hy said statutes, the defendant is a city of the first class. On March 20, 1876, the defendant city, by…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- New Orleans Waterworks Co. v. Louisiana Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
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