People ex rel. McAuliffe v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, The City of New York and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 24th day of July, 1908, granting the relator’s application for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, J.:
Relator, the owner of premises in the city of New York, used the city water and paid for it according to the indications of a water meter. Between September 15, 1906, and December 10, 1906, the meter did not' register any water at all, although water was supplied to the premises. On the latter day the meter was taken out and repaired, and on December 17, 1906, was restored, adequately repaired. From December 17, 1906, until April 5, 1907, the meter was found to have registered 49,700 cubic feet of water. The water registrar averaged the consumption of water between the 17th day of…
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