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ROGERS PARK WATER COMPANY v. FERGUS

No. 56.

180 U.S. 624 (1901)

21 S.Ct. 490

45 L.Ed. 702

ROGERS PARK WATER COMPANY v. FERGUS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 25, 1901.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Newton A. Partridge for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Jesse B. Barton, for defendant in error, submitted on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after making the above statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

At the time of the passage of the ordinance in November, 1888, by the village of Rogers Park, counsel for plaintiff in error says "two general acts were in force in Illinois, which related to the power of municipalities to pass ordinances for waterworks to be built and operated by private enterprise." The first is as follows:

"An act entitled `An act to enable cities...

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