Legal Opinion

Public Service Corp. v. American Lighting Co.

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided March 17, 1904PublishedCited by 11 opinions

On order to show cause why inj unction should not issue. Heard on bill and affidavits on the part oi the complainants and answering affidavits on the part of the defendants.

1Opinion of the Court

Pitney, V. C.

The complainant, the Public Service Corporation, is the lessee for a long term of years, and in the possession as such, of the property of the other complainants, the Hudson County Gas Company and the Jersey City Gas Light Company.

The complainants own and control, and have been in the undisputed possession for many years of a gas manufacturing and distributing plant in the city of Jersey City, which distributing plant covers the entire city, and the companies are enjoying the franchise of laying and maintaining their gas mains under the surface of the streets of that city.

They…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. v. Wilson & Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
  2. State ex rel. City of Wheeling v. RenickWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1960
  3. Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
  4. State Ex Rel. Ozark Power & Water Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1921
  5. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922

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