Legal Opinion
Benwood-McMechen Water Co. v. City of Wheeling
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided June 20, 1939No. 8867PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fox, President:
The City of Wheeling, a municipal corporation, owns and operates a water plant. The Benwood-McMechen Water Company, a private corporation, owns and operates a water plant in Benwood and McMechen. The City of Benwood adjoins Wheeling on the south and borders on McMechen. The parties will hereafter be referred to as the “city” and “Water Company”.
In the year 1927, complaint was made by citizens of Benwood and McMechen, before the public service commission, that the water service of the Water Company had' become unsatisfactory, and on September 7, 1927, the commission directed the…
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