Mann Bros. v. City of Henderson

Opinion op the Court bv

Chief Justice Hobson

Affirming.

Mann Bros, operate a department store at the northeast corner of Second and Main streets in Henderson, Kentucky, in a large three story building. The city of Henderson owns and operates its own water works. The water main runs down Main street on the opposite side *155of the street from the Mann building, and six or eight feet from the curb line on that side. Mann Bros, installed a hydraulic elevator in' their store building, the water for which was supplied by tapping the main at a point opposite the building with a four inch pipe. The city…