State ex rel. Pleasant v. City of Ottawa

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was brought to oust the city from exercising the power and franchise of requiring the engineers and firemen at the city water and light plant to work more than eight hours per day. Find*101ings of fact and conclusions of law were stated separately, and those which are now material follow:

“FINDINGS OF FACT.

“(4) It-is necessary in the operation of this plant that one of the pumps be operated continuously, and for the last two years the plan has been to operate one pump ■ continuously for about two weeks, and then the other for the same…