SANBORN, Circuit Judge, after stating the facts as above, delivered the opinion of the court. The effect of the decree in thi ■*. case is that the city is not liable to pay the rental promised by it for the use of the waterworks, constructed by a private corporation, and accepted and used by the city for many years under a supposed contract, (1) because the city had,, no power to vest in the private corporatio…
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