Weiss v. Incorporated Town

At a special election held on April 28, 1939, the town of Woodbine was authorized to erect an electric light and power plant at a cost of not to exceed $115,000, to be paid for out of future’ earnings of the plant in accordance with the provisions of the Simmer Law (sections 6134.01 to 6134.11, Code, 1939). Thereafter, the town advertised for bids for the construction work and a contract was entered into with Fairbanks-Morse & Company for the building of the plant. Weiss and Hardwick, as citizens and taxpayers, and the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company, as a taxpayer and franchise holder,…