Riverside, Inc. v. Gulf States Utilities Company

ANDERSON, Justice.

Gulf States Utilities Company, as plain-, tiff, sued Riverside, Inc., and A,- P. Simons, and William H. Francis, Jr.,, to, recover a,, balance claimed to be due it by defendants for water service. Trial to the court without a jury resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendants have appealed.

At all pertinent times, plaintiff jvas supplying water to the City of Orange and its inhabitants. It was doing so on a commercial basis and under a franchise that had been granted it by the city. In addition to supplying water for domestic and private purposes, it also…