City of Blackwell v. Lee

Defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, filed his petition in the district court of Kay county alleging that the city of Blackwell, a municipality of more than 2,000 population, owned, maintained, and operated an airport with hangar and storage facilities for storing, for hire, airplanes; that in so doing, said city of Blackwell did not act. in a governmental capacity, but operated said airport and carried on said business for the private advantage of the inhabitants of the city of Blackwell.

He further alleged that he stored his airplane in said hangar for hire, and that said city of…