Lamar Bath House Co. v. City of Hot Springs

J. Seaborn Holt, Associate Justice.

In 1934 the City of Hot Springs entered into an agreement with the National Park Service, Department of Interior, relative to the construction of a city sewer system and sewage plant in Hot Springs. The parties recognizing that Hot Springs’ reservation, including- appellant’s bath houses located thereon, contributed largely to the city’s sewage, the Park Service agreed to pay 22.5 per cent of the construction cost and an additional 5 per cent in lieu of maintenance and operation charges. Park Service in the aggregate contributed $82,000. Appellants’ bath…