City of Chicago v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance

Mr. Presiding Justice Baker

delivered the opinion of the court.

The case was submitted to the court upon an agreed statement of facts, and the questions presented by the record are questions of law only. The City asked the company .to pay the back water rates and to induce such payment declared its intention to shut off a future supply of water from any lots upon which such back water rate was not paid. In order to prevent such shutting off of the water and to obtain a supply of water for-its lots from the time it acquired title thereto, at the rates fixed by the ordinance of the City, the…