Durant v. City of Beverly Hills

Plaintiff sued for declaratory relief in relation to rates charged him by defendant for water served for domestic purposes. Plaintiff had judgment declaring that he was ‘ ‘ entitled to service of water from the defendant at the same rates as fixed for consumers inside the corporate limits of the city of Beverly Hills”. On its appeal from this judgment the city’s main ground of attack is that the judgment is against law and unsupported by any evidence entitling plaintiff to relief.

The plaintiff and others located in unincorporated territory near the city of Beverly Hills had been served with…