City of La Junta v. Heath
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the County Court of Otero County. Hon. A. B. Wallis, Judge. Action by The City of La Junta against C. H. Heath for violating an ordinance. From a judgment for defendant, the city appeals. Decision en banc.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Steele
Heath was arrested by the city authorities and charged with violating a city ordinance which forbids the selling of water without a license so to do. The police magistrate discharged him; so did the county judge. The city appealed from the decision of the county court to the court of appeals.
The city owns a water-works system taking water from the Arkansas river. It also owns wells within its corporate limits. The ordinance under which Heath was prosecuted is ordinance No. 115, and is entitled: “An ordinance concerning the use of ar*373tesian water from artesian wells, the property of the…
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