Cromwell v. Stephens
New York Court of Common Pleas
This was an action brought to restrain the defendants, who compose the Croton Aqueduct Board, from stopping the supply of Croton water to a building owned by the plaintiff. The plaintiff moved for a preliminary injunction, the grounds of the motion appearing in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Daly, F. J.
This is an application for an injunction to restrain the Croton Aqueduct Board from cutting off the Croton water from a large building at the corner of Frankfort and William streets, owned by the plaintiff, which is used as a cheap lodging-house.
The ordinance of the city corporation, establishing the rate of water rents, provides that hotels and boarding houses shall, in addition to the regular rate for private families, be charged for each lodging room, at the discretion of the Croton Aqueduct Board. The Board, upon the assumption that the plaintiff’s building is a hotel, have…
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