(dissenting).
In our Supplemental Opinion on Rehearing in City of Sallisaw v. Nesbitt, Okl., 380 P.2d 954, 955, we said:
“If extraneous considerations are of sufficient import to make a sale of the bonds improper, taxpayers have the remedy of enjoining the delivery of the bonds during the 30-day period provided by 62 O.S.1961 § 13.”
The sole issue presented to us in this appeal is whether the extraneous considerations are of sufficient import to justify an injunction to prevent the delivery of the bonds. It is not contended that the bonds are invalid, or that the bond election was illegally conducted. It is contended by Sooner State Water, Inc., that the bond indebtedness was authorized by the voters while laboring under the erroneous belief, induced by the town council, that the existing water system owned by Sooner State Water, Inc., could be acquired by eminent domain and that when this was accomplished it would then be possible to obtain “Federal Aid.” It is argued by Sooner State Water, Inc., (plaintiff in the trial court and appellant herein) that the town council sponsored that view and actively advocated the following procedure: (1) Obtain $30,000.00 by a bond issue; (2) acquire Sooner State’s water distribution system, by condemnation if necessary; and then (3) obtain Federal Aid.
Plaintiffs introduced in evidence (Plaintiffs’ Exhibit No. 1) a full page advertisement which was printed by The Allen Advocate. On this page are found statements which support plaintiffs’ contentions above made. Some of the statements follow:
“This Extra is a Paid Advertisement by the Allen Town Board and all Views Expressed on this page do not necessarily reflect the opinion of this newspaper.”
“One guy to another by V.H.G.
“On this page .you will find a message from your City Councilmen. * * * ”
“An Open Letter to Allen Citizens.
“ * * * Your Town councilmen felt that the best way to proceed is to obtain sufficient funds to acquire the present system at a fair value and then we can obtain Government aid. If we do not obtain the present system we cannot obtain this Federal aid, because the Town would then be in competition with private enterprise.”
The names of five councilmen are printed under this “open letter”, together with the names of the Town Clerk and Town Treasurer.
In another article on the same page is’ found the following:
“ * * * Furthermore, if Mr. Shein-bein (President of Sooner State Water, Inc.) and the Town Council cannot come to an agreement as to the terms of sale and purchase, the Town of Allen has the right of eminent domain to condemn the present water system and purchase it through the District Court of this County. Under the right of eminent domain the property value is first set by three appraisers appointed by the district judge. If the seller will not accept the appraisal then a condemnor may deposit the amount of the appraisement with the Court Clerk and take over the water system. * * But when condemnation proceedings are instituted, then a purchaser must have the cash on hand to deposit with the Court Clerk for the appraised price.
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“The above are the reasons why the citizens of Allen have urged the Board of Trustees to go ahead with the present election on next Tuesday, February 19, to vote the bonds necessary for the first steps.
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“Your Town Council and Citizens for a Better Water System! ”
It is not denied that the Town Council authorized the publication of the full page *658advertisement from which I' have quoted, and there is evidence that it was distributed. The “Open Letter to Allen Citizens”, from which I have quoted, was also published on the front page of the Allen Advocate on February 14, 1963, as reflected by Plaintiffs’ Exhibit No. 2.
From the foregoing it is readily apparent that the Town Council speaking in concert and with a collective voice defined and explained the proposition that was submitted to the voters. (1) Shall we vote $30,000.-00 to acquire Sooner State’s water system, by condemnation if necessary, and then (2) obtain Federal aid. The record before us does not disclose whether any “minutes” were kept by the town council which would reveal their plans.
In Reid v. City of Muskogee, 137 Old. 44, 278 P. 339, it does not appear that the town council, as a town council, took any part in the campaign argument in support of the bond issue. Borin v. City of Erick, 190 Okl. 519, 125 P.2d 768, is more nearly in point. There the city council, as reflected by the minutes of the city council which were used in advertising in support of the bond issue, had determined to build a $110,000.00 electric plant. $60,000.00 to be raised by bond issue, and $50,000.00 to be supplied by WPA. After the bonds had been voted WPA withdrew its $50,000.00 grant. We concluded that since the voters had relied upon the $50,000.00 grant and approved a $110,000.00 plant and had not approved a $60,000.00 plant that an injunction should -issue ag'ainst the sale and delivery of the bonds.
This action for injunction was not brought by Sooner State in its character as a public utility. The action is brought by taxpayers upon the assumption that the delivery of the bonds may be enjoined if "extraneous considerations are of sufficient import to malee a sale of the bonds improper”. The extraneous considerations relied upon in support of their case is that Sooner State’s water plant may not be acquired by eminent domain, as a matter of law, and that a new and competing water plant cannot be constructed for less than $150,-000.00. Until we determine whether the extraneous considerations relied upon in this case are insufficient to require an injunction, we have not disposed of the issues presented by the plaintiffs in this action.
In briefs and oral arguments we are told that the Town of Allen has already filed condemnation proceedings.' The question of whether the town has the.power to condemn the water works system has, or undoubtedly will be presented in that action and may ultimately reach this court. If the Town is not authorized to condemn this plant, and we authorize the delivery of, the. $30,000.00 in exchange for the bonds, then the taxpayers of the town, it is argued, will be paying “at not to exceed the, rate of six (6%) per centum, per annum, payable semi-annually, and to become due serially within twenty five (25) years from their date” without any beneficial return. Plaintiff taxpayers seek to avoid such a result in this action.
I believe we should dispose of the issue herein presented as to whether the Town of Allen may acquire Sooner State’s water system by eminent domain, or we should withhold our decision herein until condemnation proceedings are final. Our failure at this time to determine whether the Town of Allen has the authority to acquire the water system by eminent domain, or withhold our decision until the .condemnation proceedings are final, should not be construed as an expression of this court as to whether the Town of Allen may or may not acquire the water system by eminent domain proceedings.
In Town of Allen’s briefs our attention is invited to 11 O.S.1961 § 291 et seq. and 11 O.S.1961 § 563, which gives cities and towns general powers of eminent domain to acquire land for the construction of a water system. Our attention is also invited to the two cases of Incorporated Town of Pittsburg v. Cochrane, 195 Okl. 593, 159 P.2d 534, and 200 Okl. 497, 197 P.2d 287. In explaining the decision re*659ported in 195 Okl. 593, 159 P.2d 534, we said in 200 Okl. at page 298, 197 P.2d at page 289, that:
“ * * * we held that upon the expiration of the corporate life of Pittsburg Water & Light Company, and the termination of its franchise, its property did not pass to the town, but that the town was entitled to possession of the property because of the right of eminent domain, the property being necessary for public use and welfare, * (emphasis supplied).
In Bowles v. City of Enid, 206 Okl. 611, 245 P.2d 730, we held that municipalities may -under the statutory law of eminent domain appropriate ground water for their reasonable municipal requirements, but we have not held that a municipality may under its power of eminent domain condemn the property and plant of a public utility to be used for the same purpose where the public utility is operating under a municipal franchise.
Sooner State invites our attention to 18 Am.Jur. Eminent Domain, Sec. 97, wherein it is said that property cannot ordinarily be .taken to be used for the same purpose in the same manner; and to the annotation in 173 A.L.R. 1351, 1369, and 1378, wherein it is said that property may be taken by a municipality to be used for the same purpose where such authority is specifically granted by the legislature. In Vermont Hydro-Electric Corp. v. Dunn, 1921, 95 Vt. 144, 112 A. 223, 12 A.L.R. 1495, it was held that one relying upon legislative authority to condemn, under the power of eminent domain, land already devoted to a public use, has the burden of establishing such authority. In Oklahoma City v. Local Federal Savings & Loan Association, 192 Okl. 188, 134 P.2d 565, we said that property devoted to a public use cannot generally be taken for a different public use, but recognized that there are exceptions to the rule where the second taking is necessary to the public welfare.
Whether municipalities in Oklahoma are empowered to take by eminent domain a franchised water company’s water system to be used by the municipality for the same purpose is an open question in this jurisdiction. Until that question is resolved, in view of the facts and issues presented in this case, I believe that a temporary injunction against the delivery of the bonds should be entered, or we should withhold our decision herein until that question has been finally settled in the condemnation proceeding now pending in the trial court. For these reasons, I must respectfully dissent.
I am authorized to say that IRWIN, J., concurs in the views herein expressed.