Slade v. City of Lexington

*215Opinion op the 1 Court by

Judge Hobson

Affirming.

The city of Lexington is not on a river, and there is no natural water supply near it. With the view to supplying the city with water, the Lexington Hydraulic and Manufacturing Company was incorporated by an act of the Legislature of Kentucky, approved February 27, 1882. The scheme provided for was in substance this: The requisite quantity of land was to be bought, dams-were to be built, and artificial lakes made sufficient to supply the city with water. To do all this and put in the necessary mains, involved a large outlay. To justify the…