Sec. 7-231. Private rights extinguished by municipal purchase.

      Sec. 7-231. Private rights extinguished by municipal purchase. Whenever the existing gas or electric plant of any person or corporation has been acquired by any municipality pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the powers and rights of such person or corporation in relation to the manufacture of gas or electricity for lighting purposes and the distribution thereof to consumers within the limits of such municipality shall, from the date of such acquirement, cease.

      (1949 Rev., S. 728.)