77 Iowa 715 | Iowa | 1889
Jesse W. Star, Jr., submitted to the city of Marion a proposition to erect and complete a system of water works according to the plans and specifications given. It specified the number of hydrants to be furnished, upon which the city was to pay an annual water tax, and contained a schedule of rates or water tax to be charged private consumers. The proposition was accepted as of the nineteenth day of April, 1885. On the nineteenth day of May, 1885, it was assigned by Star to the City of Marion Water-Works Company, a corporation, and on or about the same date he agreed with the company to furnish all material and machinery, and to perform all labor necessary to fully construct and complete the water works according to the proposition
Affirmed.