Gas-light Co. v. Memphis

This bill, was filed in the Chancery Court of Shelby County, by the Memphis Gas-light Company, to i’ee'over balance due for illuminating gas furnished the city of Memphis. The bill alleges that the gas was furnished to and consumed by the city during the years 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, and 1884. The gas was originally •furnished by the company under a written contract, executed by the parties in 1879, under the terms of which the gas company was to be paid ten cents on the $100, the tax levied for lighting purposes, whenever said taxes were collected. It appears that, under the…