City of Shreveport v. Southwestern Gas & Electric Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
In Equity. Suit by the City of Shreveport against the ■ Southwestern Gas & Electric Company. Decree directed, perpetuating preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
JACK, District Judge.
The city of Shreveport brings this suit to restrain the defendant gas company from putting into effect an increase in its rates for natural gas. The Shreveport Creosoting Company and the Louisiana Cotton Oil Company have intervened, joining the city in its prayer for an injunction. ■ A preliminary injunction was issued, and the case is now before the court on its merits.
The defendant gas company is the holder of, and is operating under, two franchises to supply the city with natural gas; the first granted in 1905 to the Citizens’ Oil & Pipe Line Company, and the second…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of Shreveport v. Shreveport Traction Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1910