City of Red Wing v. Wisconsin-Minnesota Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Goodhue county to restrain defendant from putting into effect increased gas rates. From an order, Johnson, J., granting a temporary injunction, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
In 1872 certain persons obtained an exclusive franchise from the city of Red Wing to establish a gas plant therein and lay the necessary pipes' or mains in its street, for the purpose of supplying the city and its inhabitants with gas. The duration of the franchise was 40 years, with 20 years additional, unless the city electéd to buy the plant. Defendant now holds this franchise. In June, 1916, a schedule of rates for gas, effective on and after July 1, 1916, was proposed ,by defendant and accepted by the city council. On September 7,1917, defendant notified the *241city council that 'these…
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- Muncie Natural Gas Co. v. City of MuncieIndiana Supreme Court · 1903
- City of Des Moines v. Des Moines Waterworks Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1895
- St. Mary's v. Hope Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1912
- City of Denver v. Denver Union Water Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1907
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