Portsmouth, Berkley & Suffolk Water Co. v. City of Portsmouth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Norfolk in a proceeding by mandamus. Judgment for the petitioner. Respondent assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
*159This is a mandamus proceeding instituted by the city of Portsmouth against the Portsmouth and Suffolk Water Company, to compel the latter to make certain tappings and connections between its street mains and the service pipes of the city, so as to properly connect the water of the said company with the sewerage system in the Fifth ward of the city. The relief sought by the city was granted. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
The court is of opinion that mandamus is a proper remedy to compel the performance of the duty which it is alleged in the pleadings of the city the water…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Richmond Railway & Electric Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
- Vinton-Roanoke Water Co. v. City of RoanokeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
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