Cartersville Improvement, Gas & Water Co. v. Mayor of Cartersville
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal corporation. Constitutional law. Contract. Taxation. Before Judge Attaway. City court of Cartersville. September term, 1891. < The declaration filed by the plaintiff was demurred to, and the demurrer sustained.
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Municipal corporation. Constitutional law. Contract. Taxation. Before Judge Attaway. City court of Cartersville. September term, 1891. < The declaration filed by the plaintiff was demurred to, and the demurrer sustained. The declaration alleged: The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Cartersville, a municipal corporation, is indebted to petitioner $268.83 with interest, for on August 6, 1888, defendant and the Orient Illuminating Company entered into a contract, copy of which is attached, afterwards by mutual agreement amended, as appeared from resolutions adopted by defendant, copies of which…
1Opinion of the Court
*683 Judgment reversed.
The original contract referred ■ to, dated August 6, 1888, so far as seems material, was : On or before March 1,1889, the illuminating company would erect and have ready for operation in Cartersville, for the term of twenty years, or such further time as might be duly provided, a plant for the manufacture, distribution and sale of gas. It would erect the plant in accordance with certain specifications, etc., and lay and maintain pipes to the extent of not less than three and not more than four miles for distributing gas, and would provide, own and keep in repair fifty-iron…
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