Etheredge v. City of Norfolk

The city of Norfolk is authorized by its charter to provide an “adequate water supply for said city” and “to establish, impose, and enforce water rates.”

A certain ordinance passed by the city, known as section 156 of the Norfolk City Code, 1920, reads as follows:

*798“Section 156. Both owner and occupant responsible for supply of water to premises connected with city sewer.

“The owner of any premises which are required by the city ordinances to be connected with the city sewer shall see that water from the waterworks of the city is connected with said sewerage on said premises, and not cut off…