Ives v. City of Willimantic

The city of Willimantic owned a reservoir and ice houses on its shores, with equipment for harvesting ice, which under its charter it was authorized to distribute to its inhabitants. For many years prior to 1929 the plaintiff had distributed the ice harvested by the defendant under an operating agreement with it which ran from year to year. On January 10th, 1929, the parties executed an agreement covering the sale of ice harvested by the defendant to the plaintiff and its distribution by him for a term of five years, with an option in the plaintiff to renew the agreement for a further period…