City of St. Louis v. Arnot
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court.— Hon. W. W. Edwards, Judge. (1) The court erred in giving instruction numbered three at defendant’s instance. (2) The court erred in giving instruction numbered two for defendant. (3) The witness, Scott, should have been allowed to testify as to-what orders defendant’s employes told him they had received from defendant with reference to the pipe.
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Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court.— Hon. W. W. Edwards, Judge. (1) The court erred in giving instruction numbered three at defendant’s instance. (2) The court erred in giving instruction numbered two for defendant. (3) The witness, Scott, should have been allowed to testify as to-what orders defendant’s employes told him they had received from defendant with reference to the pipe. The testimony as to the cost of the waterworks was-competent, and the testimony of the water commissioner as to' his knowledge of the average rainfall should not have been excluded. The defendant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
The defendant is the proprietor of a livery-stable in the city of St. Louis, and in connection, .with his business used water supplied by the city from 1876, to March 1, 1884, and for which he was charged. *277according to the amount registered by a meter. The petition states that during that period he made use of a concealed pipe by which his stable was connected with. the city supply in such a way that a large quantity of water passed from the water mains and was by frim consumed without passing through the meter, and hence not registered or paid for ; that the water thus used was of the value…
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