Legal Opinion
City of Saginaw v. Consumers Power Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided February 23, 1943No. Docket No. 21, Calendar No. 41,767PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Butzeu, J..Defendant Consumers Power Company was the successor by proper transfers of the rights and property of the Saginaw City Gas Company to which a 30-year franchise was granted on December 1, 1908, to sell and supply gas to the city of Saginaw and the inhabitants thereof at specified rates. The rates for the 10-year period beginning June 1, 1921, were to be determined by a majority of a board of five disinterested persons, and rates for the remaining’ term of the franchise also were to be fixed in a similar manner at the proper time. The franchise provided that at all times the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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