Green Island Water Supply Co. v. Trojan Laundry Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Trojan Laundry Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 4th day of January, 1908, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Albany Trial Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, J.:
Plaintiff furnished 1,501,134 cubic feet of water to the defendant’s large laundry plant through two two-inch meters. Plaintiff furnishes water to its customers upon a sliding scale of prices by which the price per 1,000 cubic feet diminishes as the consumption increases, and the question litigated is whether the water flowing through each meter is to be considered separately, or whether the water flowing through both meters is to be aggregated in determining the price to be paid.
The Troy Steam Laundering Company formerly used this plant, and the plaintiff had supplied it with…
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