CUDAHY PACKING CO. v. CITY OF OMAHA

No. 7478.

24 F.2d 3 (1928)

CUDAHY PACKING CO. v. CITY OF OMAHA et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yale C. Holland, of Omaha, Neb. (Thomas Creigh, of Chicago, Ill., and J. A. C. Kennedy, George L. De Lacy, and Charles F. McLaughlin, all of Omaha, Neb., on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

John Lee Webster, of Omaha, Neb. (Dana B. Van Dusen, of Omaha, Neb., on the brief), for defendants in error.

Before VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge, and REEVES and OTIS, District Judges.


VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.

In 1903 the Legislature of the state of Nebraska passed an act (Laws 1903, c. 17) which, in effect, required the city of Omaha to buy or build a system of waterworks. The plant in Omaha, embracing works in South Omaha, was then owned and operated by the Omaha Water Company. March 2, 1903, engineers were appointed to appraise the value of said system of waterworks as a preliminary to the purchase thereof by the city. June 1, 1904, the...

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