Collins v. City of Eldorado

McCLENDON, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves the sole question whether a city, organized under the general laws and having adopted the powers conferred therein (R.C.S. Art. 1015), has the power to contract for the purchase of sanitary pit toilets, to be owned by the city and rented to property owners in order to enable them to comply with a sanitary ordinance of the city.

In 1930 the city of Eldorado purchased from Sanitary Appliance Company 100 units of sanitary pit toilets and issued its warrants therefor due in one to five years. -These toilets are identical with those involved in American…