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HARDIN-WYANDOT LIGHTING CO. v. UPPER SANDUSKY

No. 10.

251 U.S. 173 (1919)

HARDIN-WYANDOT LIGHTING COMPANY v. VILLAGE OF UPPER SANDUSKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 15, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.T. Mathers, with whom Mr. Thomas M. Kirby was on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.R. Hare for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

In 1889 the Council of the Village of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, enacted an ordinance, authorizing an electric light and power company, and its assigns, to use the streets of the village for the purpose of erecting and operating electric light wires for the distribution of electric light and power. The ordinance declared that: "The privilege hereby granted" should entitle the company "to manufacture, sell and distribute...

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