Ennis Water Works v. City of Ennis
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP TEXAS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court under § 237, Judicial Code, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
In March, 1909, the City of Ennis, Texas, passed an ordinance which purported to be a contract with A. M. Morrison, the owner of a waterworks system in the city, granting to him for the term of thirty years the privilege of supplying water to the city and its inhabitants from certain lakes or reservoirs owned by the city. Morrison accepted the ordinance and. assigned his rights'to the Ennis Water Works, the plaintiff in error. In April, 1909, the city passed an ordinance declaring that Morrison and the Ennis Water Works had derived no rights from the supposed contract made with them because…
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