Wood v. City of Mobile

PARDEE, Circuit Judge.

The legislature of the state of Alabama, by an act approved November 30, 1898, authorized the city of Mobile to provide, maintain, and operate systems of waterworks and sewerage; and by an act approved November 30, 1898, authorized the city of Mobile to make and issue bonds for building, purchasing, or otherwise acquiring systems of waterworks, and to secure said bonds; and by an act approved December 10, 1898, authorized the city of Mobile to condemn by eminent domain the outstanding interest in what is known as the “Mobile City Waterworks.” The last-mentioned act reads…