Commissioners of Cambridge v. Cambridge Water Co.

The Commissioners of Cambridge, a municipal corporation, sued the Cambridge Water Company in assumpsit for money claimed to be due from the company to the Commissioners for unpaid license fees upon fire-plugs. The defendant filed three pleas to which the plaintiff demurred. The Court overruled the demurrer and the plaintiff declining to answer further, final judgment was entered for the defendant from which the plaintiff appealed.

The ordinance on which the plaintiff relied in asserting its claim requires all persons, using or maintaining fire-plugs, telephone poles or other structures therein…