Lebanon Light & Magnetic Water Co. v. City of Lebanon
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Laclede Circuit Court. — Eon. L. B. Woodside, Judge. The only evidence in this case concerning the expenses of the city government for 1897 was the testimony of clerk Stebbins.
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Appeal from Laclede Circuit Court. — Eon. L. B. Woodside, Judge. The only evidence in this case concerning the expenses of the city government for 1897 was the testimony of clerk Stebbins. Lie testified that the amount under the laws and ordinances of said city allowed as salary to mayor, council, assessor, marshal, attorney, and a reasonable police force, w^s the sum of $441, and that after deducting that amount from the total revenues of the year 1897, there would remain the sum of $3,702.27, which sum was ample.to pay plaintiff’s claim in full. Water Works Co. v. Carterville, 142 Mo. 101.…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is an action by plaintiff as assignee of the Lebanon Light & Water Company, against the city of Lebanon, for the rental of twenty-three arc lights of two thous- and candle-power each, furnished said city during the year 1897.
On January 5, 1891, said city, by ordinance numbered 90, granted the Lebanon Light & Water Company the right, for a period of twenty years, to operate a plant for making and furnishing the city of Lebanon with electric light, and which also provided that said company and its assigns should during *249this period supply the citizens of Lebanon with electric light. And…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Brown v. Town of WestportSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Webb City & Carterville Waterworks Co. v. City of CartervilleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- Webb City v. City of CartervilleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
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- City of Brunswick Ex Rel. Barkwell v. ScottMissouri Court of Appeals · 1924
- Kelly v. NoveySupreme Court of Colorado · 1957
- Taylor v. Aetna Life InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1941
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