Robert G. Sproul v. City of Wooster

WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Sproul is a real estate developer who obtained an option on substantial acreage located primarily in Wayne Township, Ohio. Most of the acreage adjoins the defendant City of Wooster city limits, but two acres under option were actually in Wooster. Sproul acquired these options intending to construct a shopping center and residential development on the site. Before the project could come to fruition, however, it was necessary to secure water and sewer service from the City of- Wooster for the entire development. Approval was from Wooster for expansion of its…