Case Name: KENNON v. HILBURN, Mayor, et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1915-11-02
Citations: 144 La. 131
Docket Number: No. 21532
Parties: KENNON v. HILBURN, Mayor, et al.
Judges: MONROE, C. J., takes no part.
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 144
Pages: 131–133

Head Matter:
(80 South. 224)
No. 21532.
KENNON v. HILBURN, Mayor, et al.
(Nov. 2, 1915.
On the Merits, Dec. 2, 1918.)
(Syllabus by Editorial Staff.)
Constitutional Law <&wkey;129 — Impairment on? Contract — Application—“Contract.”
A franchise from a town to furnish its inhabitants with electric light for public or private use, as soon as accepted by the party to whom it is granted, becomes a “contract” between the town and himself entitled to protection under the constitutional clause.
[Ed. Note. — For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, First and Second Series, Contract.]
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; W. S. Round, Judge.
Suit for injunction by Edward B. Kennon against R. L. Hilburn, Mayor of Town of Kentwood, and others. Injunction maintained and defendants appeal.
Motion to dismiss appéal overruled, and judgment affirmed.
Ponder & Ponder, of Amite, and W. A. Houghton, of Kentwood, for appellants.
Wm. H. McClendon, of Amite, and Hall, Monroe & Lemann, of New Orleans, for appellee.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss.
LAND, J.
As the transcript has been supplemented so as to show that the alleged defects in the proceedings relating to the appeal do not exist, the motion to dismiss is overruled.