House v. Houston Waterworks Company
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for First District, in an appeal . from Harris County. The opinion gives a full statement.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
—The city of Houston was incorporated by a Special Act of the Legislature, which contained the following provisions: “Section 24. That the city council shall have power and authority * * * to provide means for the protection of property and extinguishment of conflagrations, and for the regulation and maintenance of a fire department.” In the year 1878 the city, by its mayor, entered into a contract in writing with James- M. Loweree and associates, by which the latter agreed and bound themselves to construct in the city of Houston a first-class system of waterworks,…
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