COLUMBUS v. MERCANTILE TRUST CO.

No. 41.

218 U.S. 645 (1910)

CITY OF COLUMBUS v. MERCANTILE TRUST AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF BALTIMORE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 12, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William A. Wimbish and Mr. T.T. Miller, with whom Mr. J.H. Martin was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Joseph Packard, with whom Mr. A. Morris Tyson was on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE LURTON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill by the trustee under a mortgage made by the Columbus Water Works Company upon its plant and franchise to secure an issue of bonds, to enjoin the municipal authorities of Columbus, Georgia, from constructing and operating a municipal water system, thereby impairing the obligation of a contract between the city and the water works company granting to the...

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