City Water Co. v. City of Chillicothe
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri; John C. Pollock and Arba S. Van Valkenburg, Judges. Action at law by the City Water Company of Chillicothe against the City of Chillicothe, Mo. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLARD, District Judge.
The City Water Company, which was the plaintiff below, brought this action to recover of the defendant $22,154, so-called hydrant rental, from October 16, 1906, to September 30, 1911. The city defended on the ground that the contract under which it agreed to- pay for the water expired on October 16, 1906. The court directed a verdict for the defendant.
In the first count of the petition the company sought to recover upon an express contract, which contract is found in the ordinance of October 16, 1886, under which the system of waterworks was constructed. The ordinance…
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