State ex rel. Metropolitan Utilities District v. City of Omaha

Redick, District Judge.

This is a mandamus proceeding, instituted by Metropolitan Utilities District, as relator, to compel the respondents, the city of Omaha and the city council of said city, to levy a hydrant rental water tax against the taxable property within the city of Omaha, Nebraska, which relator claims is a statutory obligation resting upon respondents. R. B. Howell intervened as a corelator and demanded the same relief, basing his individual demand upon the additional ground that he was the owner and holder of one of the water-bonds that were issued by said city when it purchased…