Bush v. Artesian Hot & Cold Water Co.
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court, Ada County. This action is brought by plaintiff to recover from defendant the sum of $12,100, claimed to ■ be due on account of the burning of the Central Hotel in Boise City, in August, 1893. The defendant at that time had a contract with Boise City under the terms of which it was bound to furnish a sufficient supply of water, under sufficient pressure, for extinguishing fires in said Boise City.
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APPEAL from District Court, Ada County. This action is brought by plaintiff to recover from defendant the sum of $12,100, claimed to ■ be due on account of the burning of the Central Hotel in Boise City, in August, 1893. The defendant at that time had a contract with Boise City under the terms of which it was bound to furnish a sufficient supply of water, under sufficient pressure, for extinguishing fires in said Boise City. On August 1, 1893, a fire started in the Central Hotel in said Boise City, which, under ordinary circumstances, could easily have been extinguished; but, by reason of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHuston, J.
On the first day of August, 1893, the defendant corporation was under contract with Boise City, by the terms whereof, as the same is set forth in the complaint herein, said defendant agreed for a certain stipulated consideration to “maintain and keep in order forty hydrants, so placed in position as aforesaid, and such other hydrants as should be required by said Boise City, and to supply water at all points where such hydrants were located, sufficient for fire purposes, in the vicinity thereof,” etc.; that on said first day of August, 1893, the plaintiff was the owner and in possession of…
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- Clark v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
- McPherson v. Foster Bros.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- Howsmon v. Trenton Water Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Paducah Lumber Co. v. Paducah Water Supply Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
- Davis v. Clinton Water Works Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1880
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