Bishopric v. City of Jackson

On Suggestion op Error.

This cause is here on suggestion of error. The parties to this cause are: Appellants, the Mark Twain Oil Company, a partnership composed of the appellant Bishopric and others, and the appellees, the City of Jackson, the Mississippi Power & Light Company and others, whose names it is unnecessary to mention. The appellants will be referred to as the Mark Twain Company and the appellees as the City and the Power Company.

Sometime prior to 1940' the Power Company under a franchise from the City was furnishing its citizens with natural gas. There arose a controversy between…