Gas Light & Coke Co. v. City of New Albany

On March 22, 18-70, he city of New Albany, by an ordinance, granted the Gas Light-fc'- Coke Company a franchise to'occupy the streets for-the-purpose of furnishing the- city and its inhabitants with gas, 'for -the term of twenty years from and after April 7, 1871. The ordinance provided that the gas -company should -fu’rnish good-,, pure gas for all the' public lamps of the- city, and light, extinguish, and keep the same 'in good repair for the priee of $18 per annum for each lamp — the posts-and lamps to'be furnished by the city — and that the charge for gas furnished the city and its…