OMAHA v. OMAHA WATER CO.

No. 159.

218 U.S. 180 (1910)

CITY OF OMAHA v. OMAHA WATER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Lee Webster, with whom Mr. Carl C. Wright and Mr. Harry E. Burnam were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Howard Mansfield and Mr. R.S. Hall, with whom Mr. Herbert C. Lakin was on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE LURTON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill seeking the specific performance by the city of Omaha of a contract for the purchase and sale of the system of waterworks owned by the appellee company. The waterworks plant in question was constructed in pursuance of legislative authority and municipal ordinance, which need not be considered, for neither party questions the sufficiency of either. The fourteenth...

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