C. B. Nash Co. v. City of Council Bluffs
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa
In Equity. Suit by the C. B. Nash Company against the City of Council Bluffs, Thomas Maloney, as Mayor, John Olsen and others, as Al- 1 dermen, and L. H. Jensen. This bill in equity, filed January 5, 1909, is to enjoin the defendant city and officers from the execution and delivery of its bonds or other obligations in the amount of $600,000 for the purpose of raising money to buy or construct a system of waterworks.
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In Equity. Suit by the C. B. Nash Company against the City of Council Bluffs, Thomas Maloney, as Mayor, John Olsen and others, as Al- 1 dermen, and L. H. Jensen. This bill in equity, filed January 5, 1909, is to enjoin the defendant city and officers from the execution and delivery of its bonds or other obligations in the amount of $600,000 for the purpose of raising money to buy or construct a system of waterworks. L. H. Jensen is made a'defendant, because he is the plaintiff in the district court of Pottawattamie county, Iowa, in a case against the city and its officers, ostensibly for the…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith McPHERSON, District Judge
(alter stating the facts as above). The complainant is a Nebraska corporation, and a real estate owner and taxpayer of Council Bluffs. Reasons are relied on for enjoining the creation of the proposed indebtedness of $600,000 for the purchase or erection of a system of waterworks. About 30 years ago a franchise was granted to a corporation to build and operate a system of waterworks for 25 years. The charter period expired 2 or 3 years since, from which time until the present the system has been operated by mere sufferance. Many negotiations have taken place, resulting in disagreements. In…
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