City of Omaha v. Standard Oil Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Ambrose, J.
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
On January 29,1892, the Metropolitan Street-Lighting Company, hereafter called the lighting company, entered *338into a written contract with the city of Omaha to light certain of its streets with gasoline lamps for the period of two years. The consideration was to be paid in monthly installments. The Standard Oil Company, the plaintiff herein, furnished the necessary oil, and, at one time, loaned a considerable sum of money to the lighting company to enable it to carry out its contract with the city; and to secure an indebtedness thus incurred the lighting company, on the 14th day of October,…
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