City of Marshall v. Adkins
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Harrison County. Tried below before Hon. W. C. Buford.
1Opinion of the Court
LEYT, Associate Justice.
On March 27, 1906, the city council of the city of Marshall duly adopted an ordinance granting to J. L. Breathwit and B. D. Elmore, and their successors and assigns, the right for a period of thirty years to use .the streets and alleys of the city to maintain and operate a gas plant and mains as a public utility in the city. Section 7 of the ordinance required the grantees, and their successors and assigns, to have the plant in complete operation under the franchise to supply gas to the inhabitants of the city within twenty-four months from the date of their '…
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- Clark v. BarnardSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Nilson v. JonesboroSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1893
- Malone v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Watts v. Corner, Walker & DavisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1894
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