Poppleton v. Moores
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Douglas county. Heard below before Scott, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Hastings, C.
A somewhat careful examination of this case seems to reveal but one question in it, viz., has a taxpayer and water-user a right to enjoin the mayor and city council from passing an ordinance postponing a city’s right to purchase at an appraised valuation the plant of a waterworks company furnishing it water under an exclusive franchise? By the terms of its- franchise the water-works *852company of the city of Omaha was subject, after twenty years from June 11, 1880, to have its plant taken at any time by the city upon a valuation to be made by three engineers, one to be selected by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- New Orleans Water Works Co. v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- The People v. . SturtevantNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- Des Moines Gas Co. v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- City of Chicago v. EvansIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
- Lewis v. Denver City Water Works Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1893
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3Cited by10 opinions
- City of Denver v. Mercantile Trust Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
- Woodruff v. WeltonNebraska Supreme Court · 1904
- Fischer v. MarshNebraska Supreme Court · 1925
- Noble v. City of LincolnNebraska Supreme Court · 1950
- Williams v. KlemmerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1929
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