City of Covington v. Sohio Petroleum Company

MONTGOMERY, Judge!

This action, brought by appellee, Sohio Petroleum Company, Incorporated, sought a declaration on the right of the appellant, City of Covington, Kentucky, to establish water rates for consumers located outside the corporate limits of said city. The judgment appealed from held appellee to be a nonresident consumer of water and appellant’s ordinances to be ineffective insofar as they sought to establish water rates for nonresident consumers. The case was tried on an agreed statement of fact.

Three questions were presented:(1) Was the refinery operated by appellee a nonresident…