City of Quincy v. Bull
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. John H. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, brought by Lorenzo Bull, Edward Prince and William B. Bull, against the city of Quincy and its chief of police, to restrain their interference with the laying of water pipes by the complainants in streets of said city.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. John H. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, brought by Lorenzo Bull, Edward Prince and William B. Bull, against the city of Quincy and its chief of police, to restrain their interference with the laying of water pipes by the complainants in streets of said city. The circuit court overruled a demurrer to the bill, and the defendants abiding by their demurrer, the court made a decree in favor of the complainants, enjoining such…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The questions presented here are chiefly upon the ordinance of August 7, 1873. One is a question of construction of the ordinance, it being insisted that the ordinance, in its ■ purport, gave to Prince the right to extend his water mains only when so ordered by the city council.
By the 1st section of the ordinance there is granted to Prince the exclusive right to construct, maintain and operate water works in Quincy for thirty years. By the 9th section he is granted the exclusive right to sell water in the city for municipal and private use. By the 11th section the right of way is granted to…
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- Des Moines Gas Co. v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
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