Legal Opinion
City of Detroit v. Michigan Public Utilities Commission
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 10, 1939No. Docket No. 54, Calendar No. 40,176PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcAllister, J.
The Detroit City Gas Company during- the past 30 years has manufactured, sold, and distributed gas in the city of Detroit. When its charter expired in 1923, the city entered into an agreement, granting a franchise for an additional time. Such franchise had not been ratified by three-fifths majority of the electorate of the city of De troit, and was thereafter declared invalid by this court. Walker Brothers Catering Co. v. Detroit City Gas Co., 230 Mich. 564 (P. U. R. 1925D, 366). Controversy then arose between the city and the gas company as to the rates to be charged. The gas company…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Detroit v. Detroit Citizens' Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Alexander v. WorthingtonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1853
- Chase v. American Cartage Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1922
- St. Clair Borough v. Tamaqua & Pottsville Elec. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
- City of Kalamazoo v. TitusMichigan Supreme Court · 1919
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