J. W. Edgerly & Co. v. City of Ottumwa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — C. W. Vermilion, Judge. The two cases are submitted on tbe same record. Each, plaintiff had installed an automatic fire sprinkler system in its building, connected with the water supply of the city.
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Appeal from Wapello District Court. — C. W. Vermilion, Judge. The two cases are submitted on tbe same record. Each, plaintiff had installed an automatic fire sprinkler system in its building, connected with the water supply of the city. The city demanded for this service $100 per annum from J. W. Edgerly & Co., and $108.28 from the Harper & Mclntire Co., refused $24 per annum tendered by each, and threatened to. shut off the service unless the amount demanded were paid., Thereupon, these suits were begun, enjoining the city , from so doing. On hearing, the petitions were dismissed. The…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
I. The city of Ottumwa owns and, through’ trustees, operates the waterworks of that city. The Harper &' Mclntire Co. owns a building fronting on Commercial Street 93 feet, extending back 128% feet, and 5 stories high, with a basement, and conducts therein its business as a wholesale hardware dealer. This building was completed early in 1913, on the site of another which had been destroyed by fire in August previous, with which fire, as is claimed, the facilities afforded by - the city were inadequate to cope. This may account for the installation in the new building of the automatic sprinkler…
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