Missouri Utilities Co. v. City of California

OTIS, District Judge.

The matters under submission are motions of defendants to dismiss plaintiff’s bill.

The facts alleged in and the theory of the bill are as follows:

The city of California is a Missouri municipal corporation. Its population in 1930 was 2,384. On October 30, 1933, an election was held in California to determine whether bonds in a total amount of $100,000 should be issued, the proceeds of which would be used for the construction of an electric lighting plant to be owned exclusively by the city. At the election, the proposal to issue bonds carried by the required majority.…