Clarksburg Electric Light Co. v. City of Clarksburg
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Harrison Countv. Action by the Clarksburg- Electric Light Company against the city of Clarksburg and others. Decree for defendants and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
On the 16th of December,-1887, the council of the town of Clarksburg passed an ordinance granting to the Clarks-burg Electric Light Company the exclusive privilege for the term of twenty years to erect and operate electric light works for generating and supplying electricity for lighting the town-and for use as power. Under this grant the *741said corporation constructed a costly and valuable plant and has been long operating the same, supplying the town and its people with electricity for purposes of illumination and power. On the 12th of March, 1894, the Trader’s Company was…
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