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ENNIS WATER WORKS v. ENNIS

No. 305.

233 U.S. 652 (1914)

34 S.Ct. 767

58 L.Ed. 1139

ENNIS WATER WORKS v. CITY OF ENNIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G.C. Groce, with whom Mr. Jack Beall was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Rhodes S. Baker for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

In March, 1909, the City of Ennis, Texas, passed an ordinance which purported to be a contract with A.M. Morrison, the owner of a waterworks system in the city, granting to him for the term of thirty years the privilege of supplying water to the city and its inhabitants from certain lakes or reservoirs owned by the city. Morrison accepted the ordinance and assigned his rights to the Ennis Water Works, the...

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