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CITY OF LAS VEGAS v. CRAGIN INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 6165.

478 P.2d 585 (1970)

CITY OF LAS VEGAS, Nevada; and Nevada Power Company, Appellants, v. CRAGIN INDUSTRIES, INC., a Nevada corporation, on behalf of itself and all other taxpayers of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, and Cragin Industries, Inc., a Nevada corporation, on behalf of itself and all other property owners with property abutting on and along Charleston Boulevard between Upland Boulevard and Desert Lane in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, and Cragin Industries, Inc., a Nevada corporation, on behalf of itself and all other property owners of Assessment Unit No. 4 as Contained in Las Vegas, Nevada, Special Assessment District No. 476 purportedly created by Las Vegas, Nevada, Ordinance No. 1321, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 30, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel P. Cowley, Jr., V. Gray Gubler, Las Vegas, for Nevada Power Co.

George F. Ogilvie, Jr., Las Vegas, for City of Las Vegas.

Carl J. Christensen, Las Vegas, for respondents.

OPINION

BATJER, Justice.

On May 3, 1929, the city of Las Vegas and the Southern Nevada Power Company, predecessor of Nevada Power Company, one of the appellants, entered into a franchise agreement which granted to the power company the right to locate its electric poles and wires within the city. The term of the franchise was for 50 years and it was in effect at the time this litigation arose.

On March 20, 1968, the board of commissioners of the...

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