Ohio Fuel Gas Co. v. City of Mt. Vernon

This is an appeal action from the court of common pleas of Knox county, and the sole question presented is whether or not the demurrer of the city of Mt. Vernon to the Ohio Fuel Gas Company’s petition is well taken.

The plaintiff alleges that it is a public utility and as such serves the city with gas; that on August 12, 1929, the city duly enacted a rate ordinance, and thereby offered to enter into a contract with the company granting it certain privileges and determ ining the rate for gas for a fixed period of time; that the company pursuant to the requirement of the ordinance accepted in…