Alpena City Water Co. v. City of Alpena
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Alpena; Emerick, J. Assumpsit by the Alpena City Water Company against the city of Alpena to recover money paid for taxes. From a judgment for plaintiff on verdict directed by the court, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
In 1878 the common council of the defendant city adopted a resolution declaring it to be expedienteo have constructed in the city waterworks, for the purpose of supplying the city and the inhabitants thereof with water, and that it was inexpedient for the city itself to build such works. Following upon this, and on the 14th of October, 1878, a contract was entered into with the plaintiff, by the terms of which the plaintiff undertook to construct and maintain a system of waterworks in the city, and to furnish water to the city at certain stated prices; and section 9 of the contract is, in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ludington Water-Supply Co. v. City of LudingtonMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
- Menominee Water Co. v. City of MenomineeMichigan Supreme Court · 1900
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