Wichita Water Co. v. City of Wichita
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Kansas; John C. Pollock, Judge. Suit in equity by the Wichita Water Company against the City of Wichita, to have the amount which the city should pay for a water system ascertained. From a decree (271 Fed. 973), both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
[1] The Wichita Water Company, hereafter called water company, alleging that the city of Wichita, hereafter called city, a municipal corporation of the state of Kansas, had purchased, but refused to pay for, a system of waterworks located in said city and formerly belonging to the water company, commenced this action in the court below against the city to have the amount which the city should pay for said system of waterworks ascertained by a master and its payment compelled. A motion to dismiss the complaint was made by the city and overruled. As the same questions…
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