Stehmeyer v. City Council of Charleston
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Proceeding in the original jurisdiction of this Court by Diedrich Stehmeyer v. the City Council of the city of Charleston and the Charleston Night and Water Company, and the Cornelia Real Estate Company and the Queen Investment Company v. the Same, for perpetual injunction to restrain the city council from carrying out an executed contract with the Charleston Night and W’ater Company to establish a system of water works and a light plant to be purchased by the city.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
The two preceding causes, although separate and distinct, are brought before this Court, in the exercise of its original jurisdiction, to perpetually enjoin the *260city council of Charleston from carrying into effect a contract in writing made by it with the Charleston Water and Light Company, a corporation of this State, for the construction of a system of water works, by which a stream of water, taken from the Fdisto River, shall be supplied to the city of Charleston, to supply not less than 7,000,000 gallons daily, and also said Water…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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