McClintock v. City of Great Falls
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Cascade County; J. B. Leslie, Judge. Action by Joseph McClintock against the City of Great Falls and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
In 1898 the city of Great Falls issued its bonds in the sum of $376,000, and from the proceeds procured a water system for supplying the city and its inhabitants. In 1915 the city council, reciting that the city’s only available means of water supply —the Missouri River — had become polluted to such extent that the water was no longer fit for use and was dangerous to health, that it was necessary to provide a filtration plant for purifying the water, and that such plant could be installed for $150,000, submitted to the qualified electors the question whether the indebtedness of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State ex rel. Hillis v. SullivanMontana Supreme Court · 1913
- Carlson v. City of HelenaMontana Supreme Court · 1909
- Northern Pacific Ry. Co. v. MjeldeMontana Supreme Court · 1913
- Milligan v. City of Miles CityMontana Supreme Court · 1915
- Field v. StroubeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Dufresne v. LeslieMontana Supreme Court · 1935
- State Ex Rel. Great Falls Housing Authority v. City of Great FallsMontana Supreme Court · 1940
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