Legal Opinion

Bienville Water Supply Co. v. Mobile

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 6, 1899No. 368PublishedCited by 20 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. Motion to dismiss or affirm. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee

This was a hill in equity filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama by the Bienville Water Supply Company against the city of Mobile and its mayor to enjoin defendants from making or carrying out any contract for supplying water to the inhabitants of the city or for constructing a system of water works for that purpose during the. continuance of certain contracts between complainant and the city, made parts of the bill, and from building or acquiring a system of water works to bring water into the city during such continuance.

The parties were all…

2Cited by20 opinions

  1. Omaha Water Co. v. City of OmahaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
  2. City of Joplin v. Southwest Missouri Light Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. Standard Oil Co. v. City of LincolnNebraska Supreme Court · 1926
  4. North Michigan Water Co. v. City of EscanabaMichigan Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Bryant v. Kentucky Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911

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