Butler v. City of Ashland

The only question raised by this appeal is one of power. Has the council of the City of Ashland the power to provide for the payment of water agreed to be purchased from the defendant Irrigation District without first submitting the matter to the electors of said city? The original contract between the defendants city and Irrigation District provides that the amount agreed to be paid for the 600 acre-feet of water should be secured by the defendant city by issuing bonds, which would become a general liability of the city, and, that before the contract became binding, the electors of the city…