Legal Opinion
Hill v. Elizabeth City
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 10, 1924No. 2212PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs are bondholders of the Electric Eight Company of Elizabeth City, N. C., and of' Elizabeth City Water & Power Company. The prayer of the complaint is for an injunction to restrain the municipality of Elizabeth City from issuing bonds or using the proceeds of bonds for the construction of a municipal light, water, and sewer system. The legal ground upon which the right to injunction is-placed is that the construction and operation of a municipal system of water, light, and sewerage will impair the plaintiffs’ contract rights, will deprive them of their…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Walla Walla City v. Walla Walla Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- City and County of Denver v. Denver Union Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Hamilton Gas Light & Coke Co. v. Hamilton CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- City of Owensboro v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Knoxville Water Co. v. KnoxvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
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3Cited by10 opinions
- City of Roswell, N.M. v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
- Elizabeth City Water & Power Co. v. City of Elizabeth CitySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
- Village of Lapwai v. AlligierIdaho Supreme Court · 1949
- Iowa City v. Iowa City Light & Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- B. E. Durham v. State Of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
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