Portland Gas & Coke Co. v. Giebisch
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Robert G. Morrow, Judge. Suit "by the Portland Gas and Coke Company, a corporation, against A. Giebisch and F. Joplin, partners doing business under the firm name and style of Giebisch & Joplin, in which a decree was rendered in the Circuit Court dismissing the complaint and plaintiffs appealed. Decree reversed and judgment entered for $1,242.91 and costs and disbursements. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Mc-Camant.
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From Multnomah: Robert G. Morrow, Judge. Suit "by the Portland Gas and Coke Company, a corporation, against A. Giebisch and F. Joplin, partners doing business under the firm name and style of Giebisch & Joplin, in which a decree was rendered in the Circuit Court dismissing the complaint and plaintiffs appealed. Decree reversed and judgment entered for $1,242.91 and costs and disbursements. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Mc-Camant. This is a suit brought originally to restrain the defendants from negligent interference with plaintiff’s gas-mains in the Montavilla district in the City…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McCamant
1. Defendants’ brief cites a respectable line of authority to the effect that a municipality does not abdicate *634its paramount right in a street by giving a franchise therein to a public service corporation: Booth on Street Railways (2 ed.), § 42; National Water Works Company v. City of Kansas, 28 Fed. 921; Kirby v. Citizens’ Ry. Co., 48 Md. 168 (30 Am. Rep. 455); Scranton Gas Co. v. City of Scranton, 214 Pa. St. 586 (64 Atl. 84, 6 Ann. Cas. 388, 6 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1033); Gas, Light & Coke Co. v. Columbus, 50 Ohio St. 65 (33 N. E. 292, 40 Am. St. Rep. 648, 19 L. R. A. 510); City of San Antonio…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Giaconi v. City of AstoriaOregon Supreme Court · 1911
- Scranton Gas & Water Co. v. Scranton CitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Duester v. AlvinOregon Supreme Court · 1915
- City of San Antonio v. San Antonio Street Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1896
- Kirby v. Citizens' Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1878
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Southern California Gas Co. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
- Myrtle Point Transp. Co. v. Port of Coquille RiverOregon Supreme Court · 1917
- Willmar Gas Co. Inc. v. DuininckSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
- Willmar Gas Co. Inc. v. DuininckSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
- Strohmaier v. Wisconsin Gas & Electric CoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1934
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