Borough of Belle Plaine v. Northern Power Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action, in tbe district court for Scott county to restrain defendant from charging any higher rates than those fixed by ordinance, or in any manner abandoning their electric light plant at Belle Plaine, or from refusing to operate it and to furnish plaintif and its citizens electricity for domestic and commercial purposes. Plaintiffs motion for a temporary injunction was granted, Tifft, J. From an order granting the injunction, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
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By this action the borough of Belle Plaine seeks to restrain the Northern Power Company from putting into effect increased rates for electric service and from refusing to continue to furnish service at rates specified in a contract with the borough. An application for a temporary injunction was granted. The borough gave a bond of $1,000, conditioned as provided by Gr. S. 1913, § 7891, and a temporary writ was then issued. This appeal is from the order granting the application.
In 1916 the defendant company purchased an electric light plant at Belle Plaine from a copartnership which had…
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