26 Ind. 447 | Ind. | 1866
This was a suit by the appellant against “ The Evansville Gaslight Company,” a corporation, for alleged breaches of a contract to furnish the city and citizens of Evansville with gas, made by the city with John Jeffrey ft Co. The court below sustained a demurrer to the complaint, and rendered final judgment for the appellee. The city appeals.
The complaint alleges that on the 15th of June, 1852, John Jeffrey ft Co. entered into a contract with the plaintiff which, in the form of an ordinance of the city council, with the approval and acceptance of the said John Jeffrey ft Co., is set out in the complaint. It is then averred that “afterwards viz., on the — day of-, the said John Jeffrey and his said associates and partners became, under and in pursuance of the laws of the State of Indiana, a body corporate, by the name of The Evansville Gaslight Company; that afterwards, to-wit, on the first day of April, 1853, and from time to time thereafter until the 10th day of March, 1865, the defendant did lay pipes in the streets, lanes, alleys and thoroughfares of said city, for conducting gas, and did during the same time furnish gas for consumption to a large number, viz., two thousand of the inhabitants of said city, and among others to James G. Jones, who was during that time, and still is, an inhabitant of said city, at his dwelling house, which is within a reasonable distance, viz, twenty-five feet, of a supply pipe already laid.” The complaint then alleges various breaches, which need not be stated for the purpose of the point ruled in the case.
The complaint shows that the Contract sued on was made by the city with “ John Jeffrey ft Co.,” and not with the cor
Gregory, 0. J"., dissented.
The judgment is affirmed, with costs.