City of Winchester v. Winchester Water Works Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM'THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP KENTUCKY. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
The Winchester Water Works Company filed its bill in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky seeking to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance establishing maximum rates for water to be furnished the city for public use and to the people thereof for private use. By the bill and amended bill it was charged that the city had no authority to pass or enforce an ordinance fixing such rates, because (1) no power had been granted to the city so to do by the legislature of Kentucky; (2) because the rates established were so low as to be confiscatory in their character,…
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