Theatre Control Corp. v. City of Detroit

This litigation has resulted from the action of the board of water commissioners of defendant city, taken on May 7,1956, seeking to impose an annual “demand charge” for users of water furnished by the city system to parties operating air-conditioning equipment which did not recirculate the water. Such payment was in addition to the charge for water actually used and was based on equipment capacity. The added amount for the year 1957 was fixed at $1.50 per ton of capacity, increasing to $7.50 per ton in 1961. It was applicable upon all such equipment used for “human or animal comfort.” It was…