Legal Opinion

Illyes v. White River Light & Power Co.

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided January 24, 1911No. 21,635PublishedCited by 17 opinions

From Hamilton Circuit Court; Meade Vestal, Judge. Action -by the White River Light and Power Company against Emma A. Illyes and another. From an interlocutory order for plaintiff, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.

Appellee is a corporation organized in 1906, under the manufacturing and mining act, to manufacture electricity, and to supply light, heat and power to persons *120and municipalities, and, for the purpose of securing power for such manufacture, to erect and maintain a dam in White river in Hamilton county.. In 1907 (Acts 1907 p. 277, §5074 et seq. Burns 1908), the General Assembly enacted a law authorizing the formation of companies for the manufacture and sale of electricity for lighting, etc., to cities and towns. Section eight of that act (§5081, supra) authorized such corporations to condemn…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Bright v. McCulloughIndiana Supreme Court · 1866
  2. Hanford v. St. Paul & Duluth RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
  3. Morrison v. Indianapolis & Western Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1906
  4. ROSS v. FaustIndiana Supreme Court · 1876
  5. State v. BaileyIndiana Supreme Court · 1901

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Fountain Park Co. v. HenslerIndiana Supreme Court · 1927
  2. Cemetery Co. v. Warren School TownshipIndiana Supreme Court · 1957
  3. Farmers' & Merchants' Co-operative Telephone Co. v. Boswell Telephone Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1918
  4. DAHL ET UX. v. Northern Ind. Pub. Serv. Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1959
  5. Vermont Electric Power Co., Inc. v. AndersonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1959

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