City of Tipton v. Tipton Light & Heating Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cedar District Court. — Milo P. Smith, Judge. The defendant, a public service corporation, appealed from the judgment of the district court imposing a fine for the violation of a city ordinance prohibiting it from charging more than the amount fixed by an ordinance for services rendered in supplying electric light and power.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
The plaintiff is a municipal corporation; the defendant, a private corporation, organized under the laws of this state and authorized to build and operate an electric light and power plant in the plaintiff city, and was, at the times hereinafter mentioned, operating an electric light and power plant in said city.
On the 13th day of September, 1913, the plaintiff city regularly adopted and promulgated the following ordinance:
“Ordinance No. 75. Being an ordinance regulating and fixing the rent or rates for electric light, and regulating the use of light and power meters or other devices for…
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- City of Madison v. Madison Gas & Electric Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
- Cedar Rapids Gas Light Co. v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
- Louisville Gas Co. v. Dulaney & AlexanderCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
- Montgomery L. & W. P. Co. v. WattsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Smith v. Capital Gas Co.California Supreme Court · 1901
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