Venner v. Denver Union Water Co.

Prior to the year 1882, the field which is now covered by the water works system operated and claimed to be owned by the Denver Union Water Company, the real defendant in this action, was occupied by several independent companies each owning its own property and operating under its own franchise. That year witnessed the first of a series of consolidations, which culminated in the formation of the present system. The history of those consolidations is somewhat complicated on account of the different methods by which they were effected and the different conditions of the various properties…