Wood v. City of Auburn
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This was bill iu equity, brought by the complainant against the city of Auburn and its board of Water Commissioners, praying for an injunction to restrain the city from shutting off the complainant’s water supply to his several tenement houses.
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On report. This was bill iu equity, brought by the complainant against the city of Auburn and its board of Water Commissioners, praying for an injunction to restrain the city from shutting off the complainant’s water supply to his several tenement houses. A brief summary of the bill is as follows : The complainant alleges that he is the owner of tenement buildings in Auburn, which have been a source of great revenue to him ; and that the city of Auburn is the owner and possessor of the public water supply, and owns and controls the only water supply which can be used by the owners of real…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, J.
Mr. Wood, the complainant, has been for sometime the owner of dwelling-houses in Auburn connected with the system of water works formerly owned by the Auburn Aqueduct Company, but now owned by the city of Auburn. For sometime, prior to November 1, 1892, the aqueduct company had supplied water to these houses, and had been paid the regular rates therefor six months in advance on May and November first of each year, agreeably to the regulations of the company. When November 1, 1892, came round, Mr. Wood did not pay or tender the water rates for the ensuing six months as usual. He claimed that…
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