Byars v. City of Griffin

The ruling announced in the first headnote does not require elaboration.

The proposed contract begins with certain preliminary statements explanatory of the reasons for making it. In sections 1 to 6 the company agrees to construct and equip, under the city’s supervision and with its approval, the pumping and transmission system to be paid for and owned by the company. The city is to continue to own and maintain its existing system of waterworks, so that it may be used as a distributing system. The two systems are to be physically connected, so that they may be jointly operated for the purpose…