State ex rel. Buford v. Pinellas County Power Co.

By quo warranto proceedings instituted in this court by the Attorney General in the name of the State against the Pinellas County Power Company, a corporation, the rights and franchises of the respondent to maintain and operate in the city of St. Petersburg an electric plant or lighting system for the purpose of lighting by electricity the streets, wharves and public squares of said city and the dwellings, grounds and places of business of its inhabitants, are assailed, and the respondent is commanded to answer by what authority it exercises the said privileges and franchises.

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