Edison Electric Illuminating Co. v. Hooper

Citations

• 85 Md. 110
• 36 A. 113
• 1897 Md. LEXIS 19

Syllabus

<p>Electric Light Companies — Right to Lay Conduits in Streets of Baltimore City — Assent of Mayor and City Council.</p> <p>Under Code, Art. 23, sec. hi, and the Act of 1890, chap. 233, the appellant being an electric company, formed in pursuance of the Act of 1892, chap. 666, by consolidation of the companies mentioned in the Act of 1890, is not authorized to dig up the streets of Baltimore City for the purpose of laying conduits for wires without an ordinance of the Mayor and City Council authorizing the same to be done.</p> <p>The sole effect of the Act of 1890, chap. 233, was to enable the corporations named therein to exercise the franchise of electric light and power companies in Baltimore City, subject, however, to the provisions of the Act of 189b, chap. 370, which expressly empower the Mayor and City Council to regulate the use of the streets by electric light and other companies.</p> <p>Corporations formed under Code, Art. 23, sec. 24, for the construction of telegraph and telephone lines are required by Code, Art. 23, sec. 254, to obtain the assent of the Legislature and of the Mayor and City Council before using the streets of Baltimore City.</p>