Joliet Gas Light Co. v. Sutherland
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for Injunction.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will County; the Hon. Dokrance Dibell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Harker
delivered the opinion of the Court.
On the 13th of April, 1889, the city of Joliet, by ordinance, granted to Michael Moran the right -to erect gas and electric light plants, and lay pipes in the streets and alleys of the city, under certain conditions. According to the terms of the ordinance, and an extension subsequently made, the works were to be completed, ready to supply gas, by Bovember 1, 1891.
In the summer and fall of 1889 a corporation to erect and operate a gas plant under the ordinance was organized by Moran, W. H. White of New York, W. W. Goodwin of…
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