Legal Opinion
Western New York Water Co. v. City of Niagara Falls
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 1915PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Action in equity for an injunction.
1Opinion of the CourtLaughlin, J.
This is a suit in equity to enjoin the city of Niagara Falls and its board of water commissioners from discharging the waste effluent from the municipal filtration plant into the Niagara river above the intake of the Niagara Falls Power Company, from which as lessee the plaintiff receives and distributes *76water for drinking and other domestic uses to a large number of the inhabitants of the city of Niagara Falls. ■ The plaintiff has a franchise from the legislature of this state and from "the former village of Niagara Falls to supply the inhabitants of said former village with pure and…
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