American Brewing Co. v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — No». Walter B. Douglas, Judge. (1) Appellant is entitled to the rate of one cent per hundred gallons under the ordinance, (a) It is affirmatively shown by the evidence that, during the period in controversy, (1), appellant consumed over fifty million gallons of water annually from respondent’s water works; (2), appellant used the same at its manufacturing plant, located wholly in one city block; and (3), appellant used all of the…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — No». Walter B. Douglas, Judge. (1) Appellant is entitled to the rate of one cent per hundred gallons under the ordinance, (a) It is affirmatively shown by the evidence that, during the period in controversy, (1), appellant consumed over fifty million gallons of water annually from respondent’s water works; (2), appellant used the same at its manufacturing plant, located wholly in one city block; and (3), appellant used all of the same for purely manufacturing purposes. (b) The affirmative 'and uncontradieted evidence that all the water was used for…
1Opinion of the CourtValliant, P. J.
Plaintiff sues to recover a sum which it is stated in the petition the plaintiff was compelled to pay for the use of water furnished the plaintiff by the city in excess of the rate prescribed by the city ordinance. By the provisions of the ordinance set out in the petition the meter rate for water, when the quantity used for purely manufacturing purposes exceeded an average of twenty-five thousand gallons per day, was one and one-fourth cents per hundred gallons, provided that when the quantity exceeded fifty million gallons annually the rate should be one *605cent per hundred gallons. The…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- American Brewing Co. v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
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