Bethel Terrace, Inc. v. Village of Caseyville

Bethel Terrace, Incorporated, the plaintiff, appeals seeking reversal of a nonjury judgment for defendant, Village of Caseyville, entered in the circuit court of St. Clair County. The trial court denied the plaintiff recovery for allegedly excessive charges that it had paid for water supplied by the defendant, pursuant to an oral contract.

The issue presented for our consideration is whether the rates charged the plaintiff were regulated by the Village of Caseyville’s ordinances, and if so, whether the rates charged the plaintiff were in accord with these ordinances.

Plaintiff is a corporation…