Belding Land & Improvement Co. v. City of Belding
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Ionia; Daboll, J., presiding. Bill by the Belding Land & Improvement Company against the city of Belding, its mayor and common council, tho Citizens’ Light Company, and the Spencer Electric Light & Power Company, to enjoin the carrying out of a municipal contract. From a decree dismissing tho bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The complainant is a resident of Belding, in this State, and some of its larger stockholders are interested as stockholders in a concern, presumably a corporation, known as the Spencer Electric Light & Bower Company, which was engaged in the business of commercial lighting in the city. In.the year 1898 the city advertised for bids for street lighting, and the Spencer Electric Light Sc Power Company made a proposition, which it after-wards withdrew, when another offer was accepted, and a conditional contract was made with some citizens to form a corporation, erect a plant, and furnish street…
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