CAPITAL CITY LIGHT & c. CO. v. TALLAHASSEE

No. 209.

186 U.S. 401 (1902)

CAPITAL CITY LIGHT AND FUEL COMPANY v. TALLAHASSEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick T. Myers for plaintiff in error.

Mr. George T. Raney for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement of facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error claims that, under the city ordinance, it has a valid contract for the exclusive use of the streets of the city of Tallahassee for the purpose of furnishing both gas and electric light, and that the subsequent acts of the legislature, providing for the erection and operation by the city of an electric...

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