Edwards County v. Jennings
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for Fourth District, in a case upon writ of error from that court to Edwards County. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Associate Justice.
On the 10th day of August, 1891, Edwards County, through its Commissioners Court, entered into a written contract with Ike H. Jennings, whereby Jennings obligated himself “to put in the town of Rocksprings, county seat of Edwards County, two eleven-thousand-gallon tanks, public watering troughs and sufficient power to furnish a constant supply of water for all necessary county purposes for the period of ten years from the date of this contract; to put in the necessary piping to furnish two hydrants for the courthouse and one hydrant for the jail, and to place the…
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