Styers v. City of Gastonia

Plaintiffs’ evidence is sufficient for a jury to find: Plaintiffs caused to be constructed between 1948 and 1955 the water lines for which they now seek compensation. When constructed, the lines were beyond the corporate limits of Gastonia. The lines were built at the suggestion of Mr. Abernathy, director of utilities of Gas-tonia, as an investment by which plaintiffs would profit by selling to adjacent property owners the right to tap the lines and thereby receive water from defendant. Construction of the lines benefited defendant by enabling it to sell water to those whom plaintiffs…