Legal Opinion

Arkansas Power & Light Co. v. Cates

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 27, 1930PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mehaffy, J.,

(on rehearing). On the 30th day of April, 1915, the town council of Waldo, Arkansas, passed an ordinance granting* to the Arkansas Power & Light Company for fifty years “a free right-of-way for the erection and maintenance of poles and wires with the necessary appurtenances thereto for the purposes of operating and transacting a general electric light and power plant business over, through and upon all the streets, alleys, roads and highways within the boundaries of the present and future limits olf' the town of Waldo, Arkansas. The said poles shall be placed at points on a line…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Hayes v. Michigan Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Mitchell v. Raleigh Electric Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
  3. Thomas v. Maysville Gas Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900
  4. Tiner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
  5. Knowlton v. Des Moines Edison Light Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1902

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Scally v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California Court of Appeal · 1972
  2. Arkansas Power & Light Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
  3. Mississippi River Fuel Corp. v. SennSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1931
  4. Matter of Estate of EppersonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  5. Stacks v. Arkansas Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1989

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