Niles Water Works v. Mayor of Niles

This action was brought to recover for the price of furnishing hydrants and water to the city of *314Niles. All of the bills presented were under a written contract, and for the contract price. The defense allowed at the circuit was the illegality of the contract.

This contract was one made in 1878 with Solon L. Wiley, plaintiff's assignor, whereby he was to have exclusive privileges .of supplying water from Barron lake for thirty years, -and of laying mains and pipes for that purpose. The city agreed to use at least fifty hydrants a year, at the price of fifty dollars a year, making an annual…