City of Grandview Heights v. City of Columbus

The questions before this court are:

1. Is the 1922 contract between the city of Columbus and the city of Grandview Heights still in force and effect?

2. Does it control the rates for sewer service?

3. Is it of perpetual duration?

The appellant city of Columbus takes the position that the 1922 contract was terminable at will for the reason that there was no definite time for the termination of the contract stated in its terms. As authority for this proposition, the city of Columbus relies upon a series of cases, each of which involved political subdivisions and a ^privately incorporated public…