Legal Opinion
Kimball v. City of Cedar Rapids
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa
Decided April 16, 1900PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the Court
SH1RAS, District Judge.
The bill in this case was filed January 11,1900, and it was therein averred that there was in existence a contract between the city of Cedar Rapids and the Cedar Rapids-Water Company, which established the rates to be charged by and paid to the water company for the water supplied by it to the city for public uses and to the residents of the city for- private use; this contract being in the form of an ordinance adopted by tbe city council under date of February 19, 1875, and accepted by the water-company, and which in terms granted to the water company, its successors…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Huntington v. WorthenSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Jaehne v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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