Huntington Development & Gas Co. v. Topping

Maxwell, Judge :

The Huntington Development & Gas Company prosecutes this writ of error to a judgment of nil, capiat entered against it by the circuit court of Cabell County, sitting without a jury. The action is by the said gas company against W. M. Topping and others for $3,510.17 for natural gas asserted by the plaintiff to have been furnished by it to the defendants under contract between it and them.

The gas company is a public utility of the city of Huntington. For the purpose of obtaining gas for the domestic use of themselves and others, W. M. Topping and his associates, rural…