Destructor Co. v. City of Atlanta
District Court, N.D. Georgia
In Equity. Suit by- the Destructor Company against the city of Atlanta. On exceptions to master’s report. The report of the commissioners for making test as to completion of the plant, referred to in the opinion, is as follows: Pursuant to an order from Judge Win.
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In Equity. Suit by- the Destructor Company against the city of Atlanta. On exceptions to master’s report. The report of the commissioners for making test as to completion of the plant, referred to in the opinion, is as follows: Pursuant to an order from Judge Win. T. Newman, of the District Court of the United Slates, Northern District of Georgia, dated May 14, 1915, for us to make an observation, test, etc., of the refuse destructor supplied by the New York Destructor Company for the city of Atlanta, for the week beginning May 24, 1915, and on one day of that week to make a special 24-hour…
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
On August 19, 1914, the Destructor Company filed its bill in equity against the city of Atlanta. The allegations of the bill are shown substantially in the opinion filed by tins court on October 15, 1914, which appears in 219 Fed. 996. The. substance of the bill was: That, on July 9, 1913, the Destructor Company made a contract with the city of Atlanta for the erection by the company of a plant for the destruction of the city’s refuse. That about a year before this contract was made the company had made a previous contract with the city providing for the erection by the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Walla Walla City v. Walla Walla Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Tyler v. SavageSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Castle Creek Water Co. v. City of AspenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
- Destructor Co. v. City of AtlantaDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1914
3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re Utilities Power & Light CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1937