Birmingham Waterworks Co. v. City of Birmingham
District Court, N.D. Alabama
In Equity. Suit by the Birmingham Waterworks Company against the City of Birmingham. On application for a temporary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This is an application for a temporary injunction to restrain the enforcement of an ordinance of the city of *499Birmingham fixing the rates to be charged by the plaintiff for water furnished the inhabitants of the defendant for consumption.
[1] A preliminary motion has been made by the city, the effect of which is to request the District Judge to call in two Circuit Judges to hear the case with him, as provided in section 266 of the Judicial Code of the United States. The federal courts have held that an ordinance of a municipality, the constitutionality of which is…
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