City of Moultrie v. Burgess

Candler, Justice.

This litigation was brought against the City of Moultrie and its governing authorities by several persons who reside outside of the defendant city’s corporate limits. So far as it need be stated, the petition as amended alleges that the plaintiffs purchase water from the defendant city; that other persons who are likewise nonresidents of the city, but who live in an area different from the one in which the plaintiffs reside, purchase water and electricity from it; that those who purchase both water and electricity from the city are charged a much lower rate for water than the…