City of Teague v. Sheffield

This suit was instituted by appellees, J. R. Sheffield and Horace Sheffield, against the city' of Teague, a municipal corporation duly incorporated under the general laws of this state, to recover damages for the breach of a contract to furnish water to appellees. The contract sued on was dated July 29, 1918. The city at that time owned and operated a system of waterworks for the purpose of supplying the municipality and the inhabitants thereof with water. ■ The principal source of •its water supply was shallow wells situated on a certain two-acre tract of land owned by it and located about…