Knutson Hotel Corp. v. City of Moorhead

Murphy, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying the defendant’s alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial. The case involves an action by the Knutson Hotel Corporation, operator of the Frederick Martin Hotel of Moorhead, Minnesota, to recover from the city of Moorhead alleged overcharges for use of sewer facilities.

The defendant, city of Moorhead, was authorized by M. S. A. 443.09 to install a system of sewers and a sewage-disposal plant and to adopt an ordinance charging a fair and equitable rate for the use of such…