City of El Reno v. El Reno Water Co.

Opinion of the court by

Pancoast, J.:

This was an action commenced in the district court of Canadian county, by the city of El Reno, against the El Reno Water Company, the object of which was to cancel and annul the contract theretofore entered into, granting to 'A. H. McCormick, his associates and assigns the privilege to construct, maintain and operate a system of water works within the corporate limits of the city of El Reno for a period of twenty years. The petition contains all of the formal allegations usual and necessary in such eases, together with a copy of the franchise ordinance, and…