United States v. American Water-Works Co.

This is a bill brought by the United States to enjoin the defendant from taking up its water-mains or shutting oil'the supply of water heretofore- furnished by it to Fort Omaha. The facts are these: The government, complainant herein, owns a reservation of many acres known as “Fort Omaha,” upon which arc situated a number of buildings, among them dwelling-houses for officers, hospitals, warehouses, and barracks tor at least a regiment of troops. In 1870, the state of Nebraska ceded jurisdiction over this tract of land to the general government. At that time it was a mile or two distant from…