State ex rel. City of Billings v. Billings Gas Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from. District Court, Yellowstone County; A. C. Spencer, Judge. Action by the State, on the relation of the City of Billings, against the Billings Gas Company. Judgment for defendant, and the city appeals.
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Appeal from. District Court, Yellowstone County; A. C. Spencer, Judge. Action by the State, on the relation of the City of Billings, against the Billings Gas Company. Judgment for defendant, and the city appeals. The Billings Gas Company, under its own theory of the case, by virtue of the contract with the city of Billings, has been accorded valuable rights, concessions and privileges, and in consideration thereof but one obligation or duty is imposed upon the company, namely, to furnish gas to the city of Billings and its inhabitants, in accordance with the stipulations of the contract.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
In 1912 the city of Billings, by ordinance granted to W. B. Snyder, his successors and assigns, the right to lay gas mains and pipes in the streets, avenues and alleys and supply the inhabitants with illuminating gas. The ordinance fixed a maximum rate to be charged during the first two years, and provided that thereafter such rate should be reduced from time to time as the total annual consumption of gas increased to *107certain stated amounts. The terms of the ordinance were accepted, and the gas company, succeeding to Snyder’s interests, installed the plant and commenced operations in…
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