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VICKSBURG v. HENSON

No. 546.

231 U.S. 259 (1913)

34 S.Ct. 95

58 L.Ed. 209

MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF VICKSBURG v. HENSON, RECEIVER OF THE VICKSBURG WATER WORKS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 1, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.C. Catchings, Mr. O.W. Catchings, Mr. George Anderson and Mr. John Brunini for appellants, submitted.

Mr. Edgar H. Farrar, with whom Mr. J.C. Bryson, Mr. Joseph Hirsh and Mr. Richard F. Goldsborough were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit originated in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi, where an injunction restraining the appellants from constructing a water works system during the term of a certain franchise previously granted by the city of Vicksburg was allowed upon the complaint of W.A. Henson, Receiver of the Vicksburg Water Works Company, one...

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