Pfau v. City of Cincinnati

The operative facts in this case are not in dispute.

In April, 1939, the plaintiff was the owner of a certain residence property which he rented to a tenant who occupied the premises for a period of approximately nine months and then left without paying two charges of $1.20 and $.80 respectively for water supplied by the defendant during the'tenancy. The defendant then shut off the water line leading to the plaintiff’s property. At that time the premises were unoccupied. About eight months later the plaintiff rented the property to another tenant who requested the defendant to again supply…