Hatch v. Consumers Co.
Idaho Supreme Court
Original action praying for a writ of mandate. Any attempt upon the part of tbe defendant to require plaintiff or any other consumer to enter into a contract sueh as proposed by defendant, which would be a lien upon plaintiff’s property for all time, would be unreasonable. {Wheeler v. Northern Colo. Irr. Go., 10 Colo. 582, 3 Am. St. 603, 17 Pac. 487; Rockland Water Co. v. Adams, 84 Me. 472, 30 Am. St. 368, 24 Atl. 840; State v. Butte City1 Water Co., 18 Mont. 199, 56 Am.
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Original action praying for a writ of mandate. Any attempt upon the part of tbe defendant to require plaintiff or any other consumer to enter into a contract sueh as proposed by defendant, which would be a lien upon plaintiff’s property for all time, would be unreasonable. {Wheeler v. Northern Colo. Irr. Go., 10 Colo. 582, 3 Am. St. 603, 17 Pac. 487; Rockland Water Co. v. Adams, 84 Me. 472, 30 Am. St. 368, 24 Atl. 840; State v. Butte City1 Water Co., 18 Mont. 199, 56 Am. St. 574, 44 Pac. 966, 32 L. R. A. 697.) A regulation that in case a consumer is in default his supply will be eut off is…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, J.
— This is an original action commenced in this court, praying for the issuance of a writ of mandate *210against the defendant corporation, requiring and commanding that it connect plaintiff’s water pipes with defendant’s water system in the city of Coenr d’Alene.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is the owner of a lot or tract of land in Krotzer’s addition to Coenr d’Alene City, and that he has bnilt a dwelling-house thereon and has placed water-pipes therein, extending from his house to the curb line in Third street in front of his premises.
He alleges that the water rate for the service he…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- American Water-Works Co. v. State ex rel. WalkerNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
- City of Rushville v. Rushville Natural Gas Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1891
- Shepard v. Milwaukee Gas Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1858
- Haugen v. Albina Light & Water Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1891
- Wood v. City of AuburnSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1895
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- Union Light, Heat & Power Co. v. MulliganCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
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