Bear Lake & River Waterworks & Irrigation Co. v. Ogden City

Smith, J.:

This action is to recover 11,084.33 with interest, paid by the plaintiff, under protest, to defendant, as taxes for the year 1891 upon plaintiff’s water system in Ogden City, Utah. The complaint alleges, among other things, “that the plaintiff is, and was, during all the times herein mentioned, the owner, and in the rightful possession of a certain water system, designed and used for the purpose of conveying water from Ogden river into said city of Ogden, for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants *495thereof with water for domestic use and irrigation purposes, and charging therefor.”…