Legal Opinion
City of Mt. Pleasant v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided September 8, 1949No. Docket No. 41, Calendar No. 44,454PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarr, J.
The defendant corporation is engaged in the business of selling and distributing gas in various communities of the State of Michigan. It is. so operating in the city of Mt. Pleasant under a franchise granted on May 29, 1931, on which date-the requisite majority of the electors of the city approved the action, to its predecessor, the Gras Corporation of Michigan. In April, 1942, the defendant acquired the properties and franchises of the Gras Corporation of Michigan, and has carried on the.business since that time.
Claiming that defendant was violating certain provisions of the franchise which,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Detroit v. Detroit Citizens' Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- City of Detroit v. Michigan Public Utilities CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
- Michigan Public Service Co. v. City of CheboyganMichigan Supreme Court · 1949
- Boerth v. Detroit City Gas Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1908
- City of Lansing v. Michigan Power Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1914
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- W. J. Howard & Sons, Inc. v. MeyerMichigan Supreme Court · 1962
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