Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Utilities District v. City of Omaha
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided April 30, 1924No. 23252PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGood, J.
In this action Metropolitan Utilities District, plaintiff, seeks to recover from the city of Omaha, defendant, the cost of lowering gas and water mains and water hydrants in the city of Omaha. Defendant demurred to the petition on the ground that the statute, requiring the city to pay such cost, was in violation of section 7, art. VIII of the state Constitution. The demurrer was overruled and, defendant refusing to plead over, judgment was rendered for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
In 1913 (Laws. 1913, ch. 143) the legislature created the “Metropolitan Water District of the City of Omaha,” and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- South Carolina v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- City of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- State ex rel. Haberlan v. LoveNebraska Supreme Court · 1911
- Campbell County v. City of NewportCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
- Helena Consolidated Water Co. v. SteeleMontana Supreme Court · 1897
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Obitz v. Airport Authority of City of Red CloudNebraska Supreme Court · 1967
- City of Chadron v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1927
- Evans v. METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT OF OMAHANebraska Supreme Court · 1971
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