He maintained that the Counci! were acting in the capacity of a public utility company and operat. ing as a public service corporation.
He then read law reports which he claimed said that the Council could not cut off current when the claim was disputed. Past due accounts must be sted for, current could not be cut off for] old debts, but only for present debts which in this case did not exist.
Counsel referred to the Law and many eases and the theme he laboured was that the Council should have sued the plaintiff company in the U.S. Court and got a judgment, They had no right to cat off the light and power for non-payment of taxes.
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