Kirkwood v. Meramec Highlands Co.

On the twenty-fourth day of September, 1895, the town of Kirkwood by ordinance number 195, granted to defendant Meramec Highlands Company, its successors and assigns, the exclusive right and privilege to erect, maintain, and operate waterworks within its corporate limits for the period of thirty years for supplying said town and the inhabitants thereof with water, and for that purpose to use the *112streets, alleys, sidewalks, and public grounds of said town. Section 18 of said ordinance provided that the company should within thirty days after the execution of the contract execute a bond to…