St. Cloud Public Service Co. v. City of St. Cloud
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. Appeal from a decree of the District Court dismissing for want of equity a bill brought by a gas company to enjoin interference with a proposed increase in its rates.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanford
This suit was brought by the Public Service Company to enjoin the City from interfering with a proposed increase in the rates charged for fuel gas.
The allegations of the bill, shortly stated, are: The Company is a public service corporation organized under the laws of Minnesota, and the City, a municipal corporation of that State. In 1905. the City, by ordinance, granted the Company’s predecessor, its successors and assigns, the right to construct and maintain for thirty years works for the manufacture, distribution and sale of gas to the City and its inhabitants, and authorized it to sell…
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