American National Insurance v. Donald

Mr. Judge HARVEY

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

In the year 1930, the City of Bowie bought a number of Saco Pit Toilets. Each of the toilets consisted of a toilet seat, and accompanying equipment, designed for use, in connection with a pit dug in the ground, as a sanitary disposal unit. The city owned a water system, but no sewer system. The toilets were not designed for use in connection with the city water system, in any way. According to the terms of the purchase contract, the toilets were purchased by the city for the purpose of renting same, for a stipulated…