Stein v. Mayor of Mobile
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. The record does not sbow the name of the presiding judge. This case was submitted to the decision of the court below, without the intervention of a jury, on the following “ agreed statement of facts: ”— “ 1. The acts of the legislature, contracts, and other documents contained in the annexed printed pamphlet, entitled ‘Documents relating to the Mobile Waterworks,’ and marked ‘ A,’ are to be considered in evidence, and the recitals…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mobile. The record does not sbow the name of the presiding judge. This case was submitted to the decision of the court below, without the intervention of a jury, on the following “ agreed statement of facts: ”— “ 1. The acts of the legislature, contracts, and other documents contained in the annexed printed pamphlet, entitled ‘Documents relating to the Mobile Waterworks,’ and marked ‘ A,’ are to be considered in evidence, and the recitals therein contained are admitted to be true. “ 2. The contract between said plaintiff and defendants, dated the 26th day of…
1Opinion of the Court
PETERS, O. J.
— There is no controversy about the facts in this cause. They were fixed by agreement of the parties in the court below. From the statement of these facts, as shown by the record, it appears that the city of Mobile, in a proper manner, entered into a contract with the appellant, Albert *368Stein, to furnish said city with water. Said contract was so entered into on the 26th day of December, 1840; and the rights arising under it were to continue for twenty years at least, and thereafter until said city redeemed certain waterworks conveyed to Stein, which had been formerly used or…
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