Mayor of Vicksburg v. Henson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court of appeals from judgments of the Circuit Court of Appeals and the extent to which a former judgment is res judicata of the right of a municipality to issue bonds for establishing a water supply in view of existing contracts with a water works company, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This suit originated in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of. Mississippi, where an injunction restraining the appellants from constructing a water works system during the term of a certain franchise previously granted by the city of Vicksburg was allowed upon the complaint of W. A. Henson, Receiver of the Vicksburg Water Works Company, one of the appellees herein (whom we will hereafter call “the receiver”), and the decree upon appeal was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (203 Fed. Rep. 1023), from which affirmance this appeal is…
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- Reynolds v. StocktonSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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- Vicksburg Waterworks Co. v. VicksburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- MacFadden v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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