People's Gas Light & Coke Co. v. Hale
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for an Injunction.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1900. Statement by the Court.—Appellees and six others, residents of that part of Chicago formerly known as the village of Hyde Park, filed their bill in the Circuit Court, as weil on their account as of all other consumers of gas in Hyde Park similarly situated, against appellant, a corporation, for the purpose of…
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Bill for an Injunction.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1900. Statement by the Court.—Appellees and six others, residents of that part of Chicago formerly known as the village of Hyde Park, filed their bill in the Circuit Court, as weil on their account as of all other consumers of gas in Hyde Park similarly situated, against appellant, a corporation, for the purpose of enjoining appellant from raising the price of artificial or manufactured gas supplied by it for fuel purposes from the net rate…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Windes
For appellant it is claimed that the Mutual Fuel Gas Co. was under no legal obligation to furnish manufactured or illuminating gas for fuel purposes at seventy-two cents net per thousand cubic feet, but for appellees it is contended that, under the ordinance to Hank & McClarv, the material features of which have been set out in the statement preceding this opinion, to whose rights the appellant company succeeds, it is limited to a charge of seventy-two cents per thousand cubic feet for gas used for fuel purposes, irrespective of the grade or quality of the gas. They also contend that equity…
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