Simmons v. Quick

RICHARDSON, Chief Judge.

Appellee, who succeeded appellant as tenant of premises used as a rooming house, sued the latter for reimbursement of a water rent which accrued during the prior tenancy. Payment had been made by appel-lee after the municipal authorities threatened immediate suspension of water service.

No express contractual obligation was claimed. No privity of title or contractual relationship was shown to have existed between the parties, nor was the owner of the premises made a party. The theory of the suit was that appellant owed the bill which appellee was forced to pay or be…