Legal Opinion

King Manufacturing Co. v. City Council of Augusta

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 14, 1928No. 392Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

277 U.S. 100 (1928)

KING MANUFACTURING COMPANY

v.

CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA ET AL.

No. 392.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued March 12, 1928.

Decided May 14, 1928.

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA.

Mr. Bryan Cumming for plaintiff in error.

Mr. E.H. Callaway, with whom Mr. Archibald Blackshear, City Attorney, was on the brief, for defendants in error.

2Opinion of the Court · DevanterJustice Van Devanter

This is a suit brought in a state court in Georgia to restrain the enforcement of an ordinance of the City of Augusta fixing rates for water power supplied from a canal owned and maintained by the city. The plaintiff is a manufacturing company which…

3Cases cited123 opinions

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  2. Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  3. Barron Ex Rel. Tiernan v. Mayor of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
  4. Frost & Frost Trucking Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  5. Weston and Others v. the City Council of CharlestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1829

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