U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York December 20, 1907 (Consolidated Gas Co. v. City of New York)

History of the Litigation.

HOUGH, District Judge.

By chapter 736, p. 2091, Laws 1905 (Sess. Laws N< Y.), all corporations or persons engaged in the business of furnishing or selling illuminating gas in the city of New York were forbidden to charge said city a higher price therefor than 75 cents per 1,000 cubic féet.