St. Patrick's Church Society of Corning v. Heermans

On the 22d day of December, 1876, the village of Corning, H. Y., acting through its trustees, entered into a written contract with Harry C. Heermans and Thomas Lawrence, copartners, whereby it agreed to lease the Corning water works, with all appurtenances thereto belonging, owned by the municipality, to Heermans & Lawrence for a period of thirty years, from the 1st day of January, 1877, together with the right at all times within the life of said lease to lay water pipes and mains in any of the streets of Corning and to dig up the streets for laying such pipes, and giving to said…