Land Development Co. v. Sewerage and Water Board

This is a suit to enjoin the sewerage and water board of the city of New Orleans from cutting off the supply of water served by the defendant to premises owned by the plaintiff when the charge therefor had not been‘paid.

The substance of the lengthy prayer of the petition is that the defendant be enjoined and restrained from, at any time, shutting off or discontinuing the supply of water to the plaintiffs’ properties under any pretense whatsoever.

It is alleged in the petition that defendant has fixed certain arbitrary charges, without lawful warrant, which it claims the right to collect; that…