Lake Forest Water Co. v. City of Lake Forest
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Lake county; the Hon. Charles H. Donnelly, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
On January 9, 1905, the city council of the appellee,-the "city of Lake Forest, passed an ordinance fixing the rates for water furnished to the city and to private consumers, and the rental for meters, which might be charged and collected by the appellant, the Lake Forest Water Company, which was furnishing water to the city and private consumers under the provisions of an- ordinance passed in December, 1890, granting to the water company the right to erect, maintain and operate, for a period of thirty years, a waterworks system in said city and to furnish water to the city and its…
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