Hill v. Thompson
The Superior Court of New York City
This action is brought to obtain an injunction restraining the defendant-, as Commissioner of Public Works of the City of New York, from placing a water-meter upon the premises of the plaintiff, known as Nos. 26, 28, and 30 Frankfort street, in said city. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, J.
By chapter 225 of the laws of 1842, the mayor, etc., were authorized to organize a department with full powers for the management of the Croton water works and distribution of the Croton water.
Pursuant to the authority thus conferred, the common council, on September 7, 1842, passed an ordinance to regulate the water works of the city of New York (Rev. Ord. 1845, 175).
By section 7, title 2 of those ordinances (page 177), the Croton Aqueduct Board was directed to fix, from time to time, the rate of rents to be paid by the inhabitants for the use of water, and to prescribe rules and regulations…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The People v. . SturtevantNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- Palmer v. Mayor of New YorkThe Superior Court of New York City · 1853
- Treadwell v. Van SchaickNew York Supreme Court · 1859