Farmers State Bank v. City of Conrad

This is an original proceeding by which the plaintiff seeks to enjoin the city of Conrad, a municipal corporation, its mayor, and city council, and the State Water Conservation Board of the state of Montana, and the members of such board from entering into a contract by which the conservation board will install a pipe-line to connect “Lake Francis,” an artificial lake located approximately seven miles from the city’s reservoir, with such reservoir, to furnish the city’s water from that source in lieu of the supply now being obtained from wells.

The complaint alleges the corporate existence of…