Iowa ex rel. Welty v. Northwestern Light & Power Co.

SCOTT, District Judge.

An action in the name of the State of Iowa by relation of K. B. Welty, County Attorney of Dickinson County, Iowa, against Northwestern Light & Power Company, a corporation. The action is one in the nature of quo, warranto to compel the defendant to remove from the streets and alleys and other public places in the Town of Milford, Iowa, its poles, wires, and other electrical equipment established and maintained by the defendant. The ground upon which plaintiff prays relief is that defendant’s preexisting franchise has expired, and at an election duly called for the…