City of Rushville v. Rushville Natural Gas Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Rush Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcBride, J.
— The appellant, the city of Rushville, by ordinance-, granted to the appellee, the Rushville Natural Gas Company, the right to use the streets, alleys and other public grounds of the city for the purpose of laying pipe and doing other necessary work in putting in a natural gas plant *577to supply the inhabitants of the city with natural gas. The appellee accepted the franchise, entered upon the streets, alleys and public grounds of the city, sunk wells, dug trenches, purchased and laid pipes, and entered upon the business of supplying natural gas in accordance with the terms of the ordinance.
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