Cahill-Swift Manufacturing Co. v. City of Bardwell

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Reversing.

Appellant, whom we will refer to as plaintiff, was unsuccessful in a suit against the city of Bardwell, which will he referred to as defendant. Previous to 1904, the city of Bardwell was a city of the sixth class and in the year 1901, the residents of the town became anxious to have a system of water works. Accordingly, the board of trustees enacted an ordinance calling an election to be held in November, 1901. Proper notices were given and a bond issue proposed by that ordinance was approved by the people at the election. The system of…