City of Huntington v. Huntington Wharf & Storage Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Mandamus by the City of Huntington against the Huntington "Wharf & Storage Company.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge :
Owning land suitable for the purpose, and being authorized by charter to establish and conduct a wharfage business by *184itself or its lessee, the city of Huntington in 1904 leased the land to the Huntington Wharf & Storage Company, and authorized it to conduct a wharf and storage business for a period of fifty years thereafter, under the terms and conditions of a municipal ordinance passed for that purpose. This controversy arose out of one of the provisions of the contract and ordinance. Both provide that at the expiration of the first'ten year period the city could elect to…
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