City of Lamar v. Town of Wiley

The city of Lamar granted to a Colorado private corporation a franchise to build and operate in the city an electric light and power plant. The utility corporation furnished such commodities to the city and its inhabitants and in connection therewith served the surrounding territory and made a 20-year contract with the town of Wiley, 10 miles distant, to furnish the town with lights, and electric power for pumping water from the town’s well for its municipal water works system, supplying the current from the Lamar plant. The contract provided that for the pumping service the town was to pay 6…