City Water Supply Co. v. City of Ottumwa
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa
In Equity. On motion for a temporary injunction and motion by defendant to dismiss.
1Opinion of the Court
McPHERSON, District Judge.
This is a bill in equity now pending on application for a temporary injunction to enjoin the city from creating a debt by carrying out contracts with the United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Company, a corporation of New Jersey, and the Des Moines Bridge & Ironworks, a corporation of Iowa. The complainant owns real estate and other property in Ottumwa, and brings this bill as a taxpayer. It is a citizen of the state of Maine. The city proposes to construct what is called a system of waterworks, and the foundry company and the ironworks .company above named are to…
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