Vanderberg v. Kansas City Missouri Gas Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. James E. Blover, Judge. A public service corporation, like a gas company, possessing a grant and franchise from the public, the grant thus resting upon a public and reciprocal relation imposes upon the company the legal obligation to serve all members of the public impartially, and to permit all such to use gas who offer to pay, and abide the reasonable rules, etc.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. James E. Blover, Judge. A public service corporation, like a gas company, possessing a grant and franchise from the public, the grant thus resting upon a public and reciprocal relation imposes upon the company the legal obligation to serve all members of the public impartially, and to permit all such to use gas who offer to pay, and abide the reasonable rules, etc. State ex rel. v. Consumers’ Gas Co., 55 L. R. A. 248; Rushville v. Gas Company, 15 L. R. A. 321; State ex rel. v. Gas & Oil Co., 21 L. R. A. 639,135 Ind. 54; State ex rel. v. Gas Co., 57 L.…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
It appears from the allegations of the petition that plaintift was a tenant from month to *603month of a rooming house in Kansas City known as Number 1314 East Tenth street; that the house was properly fitted with pipes and fixtures for the consumption of gas for light and fuel; that defendant owned a franchise granted by the city and enjoyed a monopoly of the business of manufacturing and vending gas; that the pipes in plaintiff’s house were connected with one of defendant’s mains; that on February 10, 1903, defendant, at the request of plaintiff, undertook to supply gas for use in said house,…
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- Coy v. Indianapolis Gas Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1897
- American Water-Works Co. v. State ex rel. WalkerNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
- City of Rushville v. Rushville Natural Gas Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1891
- Haugen v. Albina Light & Water Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1891
- Vanderberg v. Kansas City, Missouri, Gas Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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