Boiles v. City of Abilene

LONG, Justice.

Helen Sartain Boíles and fifteen other property owners, or their predecessors in title, granted easements to the City of Abilene for the purpose of laying and maintaining a water line across their land. Part of said easements were executed in 1921 and part in 1942. All of said easements provided that the City should pay for the use of the land by allowing the property owners to connect with the water line and furnish the property owner water for domestic purposes at the rate of 10‡ per 1,000 gallons. The City, acting upon the rights given in the easements, constructed its pipe…