Pabst Brewing Co. v. Oakley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John T. Oakley, as commissioner of water supply, gas and electricity of the city of Hew York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 2d day of February, 1906, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Hew York Special Term requiring defendant to correct the records of the department of water supply, gas and electricity of the city of Hew…
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Appeal by the defendant, John T. Oakley, as commissioner of water supply, gas and electricity of the city of Hew York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 2d day of February, 1906, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Hew York Special Term requiring defendant to correct the records of the department of water supply, gas and electricity of the city of Hew York for the period between May 16, 1904, and October tenth théreafter, so that the same will show that plaintiff used…
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The decision in Healy v. City of New York (90 App. Div. 170) was based itpon sections 473* and 475 of the Greater New York charter (Laws of 1901, chap. 466), which authorize the use of Water meters, and provide, among other things, in substance^ that when meters are “ installed ” “ the charge for water shall be determined only by the quantity of water actually used, as shown by said meters,” and that bills for the use of water shall be made out.for the amount of water consumed as registered by the meter. The evidence in that case tended to show that the meter, which was furnished…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Healy v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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