Camden Sewer Co. v. Mayor of Salisbury

This is a suit for specific performance by the appellant against the appellee.

The bill of complaint was filed on the theory that the defendant had agreed to exercise the option, reserved in the franchise granted to the plaintiff’s predecessors, to take over at cost the sewer system constructed under said franchise.

The case comes up on appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to the bill of complaint. The bill alleges that on or about' July Ith, 1902, tbe defendant passed an ordinance entitled, “An ordinance to permit sewer pipes to be laid on Camden Avenue and any of the streets or…