Legal Opinion

Birmingham Slag Co. v. BirmingHam Water Works Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 12, 1950No. 6 Div. 948PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

Bill in equity by appellant, Birmingham Slag Company, against appellee, the Birmingham Water Works Company, a public utility, to, in effect, modify or reform a certain contract for the construction of water mains, executed in 1927 between the appellee water company and appellant’s predeces- . sor in interest, on the ground that the benefits prayed to be granted had previously been granted to two other patrons of appellee, which resulted in such an unlawful discrimination as to entitle the appellant to the same relief.

Without questioning the equity of the bill, the trial court…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Donovan v. Pennsylvania Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  4. Donovan v. Pennsylvania Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1903
  5. State ex rel. Skeen v. Ogden Rapid Transit Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1910

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Bynum v. Birmingham Water Works Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1950

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