CONNETT v. CITY OF JERSEYVILLE

No. 6923.

110 F.2d 1015 (1940)

CONNETT et al. v. CITY OF JERSEYVILLE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emil J. Verlie, J. F. Schlafly, Jr., and C. Dana Eastman, all of Alton, Ill., for appellant.

W. J. Chapman, of Alton, Ill., R. Allan Stephens, of Springfield, Ill., and Isaac D. Snedeker, of Jerseyville, Ill., for appellees.

Before EVANS, SPARKS, and TREANOR, Circuit Judges.


TREANOR, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant is a municipal corporation of the state of Illinois and several years ago became the owner of its water system by virtue of an Illinois statute enacted in 1899.1 The legislative act authorized a city to acquire a water system and to pay for the same by issuance of certificates of indebtedness. The city was authorized to mortgage the water system to secure payment of the water certificates and...

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