City of Milwaukee v. City of West Allis

The following opinion was filed November 8, 1940:

Fowler, J.

This suit was commenced October 9, 1935, to recover the reasonable value over six cents per hundred cubic feet which West Allis had paid for the service rendered by Milwaukee to West Allis in supplying it with water since January 1, 1930.

In 1905 a contract was entered into between the parties whereby Milwaukee was to furnish West Allis with water for a compensation of six cents per hundred cubic feet, and the latter, then a village, was to distribute the water to its inhabitants and charge the consumers therefor. In 1926 Milwaukee…