Owensboro v. Owensboro Waterworks Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. This.is a bill in equity to enjoin the city of Owensboro, Kentucky, from regulating the rates of the appellee, the Owens-boro Waterworks Company. Lawson Reno, police judge of the city, was made a party. The Circuit Court granted a temporary injunction.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. This.is a bill in equity to enjoin the city of Owensboro, Kentucky, from regulating the rates of the appellee, the Owens-boro Waterworks Company. Lawson Reno, police judge of the city, was made a party. The Circuit Court granted a temporary injunction. Before final hearing, a motion was made before Circuit Judge Lurton to dissolve the injunction, the motion was denied on the ground of the seriousness of the questions involved, and the propriety of following the previous ruling. On final hearing, the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
By the act of the general assembly of Kentucky, approved Juñe 14, 1893, the appellant was made a city of the third class, and was given, as a city of that class, the following powers ’ expressed in section 3290: “The common council of said city shall, within the limitations of the constitution of the State and this act, have power by ordinance; . . . -5th, to pro vide the city and the inhabitants thereof with water, light, power, heat and telephone service, by contract, or by works of its own, located either within or beyond the boundaries of the city. To make regulations for the management…
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