Vansant v. Ashland Water Works Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

W. R. Vansant was the owner of a dwelling house in Ashland. The Ashland Water Works Company was operating under a franchise by which it agreed to supply the city of Ashland -and its inhabitants with good, wholesome water, suitable for drinking and domestic purposes. *587The contract further provided that the water should be pumped from the Big Sandy river, and that the Ohio river water should not be used except in certain emergencies.

Vansant, who had failed and refused for more than three years to pay the water rent charged by the city, brought suit…