Elizabeth City v. . Banks

The pleadings upon which judgment was rendered disclose this case: On the application of defendant D. B. Banks, the plaintiff, a municipal corporation, duly chartered by the General Assembly of North (409) Carolina, through its mayor and aldermen, on 19 June, 1905, undertook to grant to said Banks, by an ordinance duly passed, on 3 July, 1905, a franchise, extending thirty years, to construct in said town a gas plant for the purpose of furnishing gas, for light, fuel and power to the citizens of Elizabeth City. Said franchise carried the right to use the streets of said city as the said Banks…