Wallace v. City of Rock Island

MERCER, Chief Judge.

Pursuant to authorization granted by Public Law 446, 52 Stat. 110, defendant, City of Rock Island, prior to 1958, erected a bridge across the navigable waters of the Mississippi River to a western termination point in the State of Iowa. Hereinafter, sometimes that bridge is referred to as the Centennial Bridge. Pursuant to an amendment of Public Law 446, by Public Law 682, 70 Stat. 520, defendant adopted an ordinance for the issuance and sale of revenue bonds in the principal amount of some $4,650,000 for the purpose of financing the cost of reconstruction and enlargement…