Albert v. Davis
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court of Platte county. Heard below before Sullivan, J. ■ Eeferences: Jackson v. City of Ellendale, 61 N. W. Eep. [N. Dak.], 1030; Sheffield Water-Works Co. v. Bingham, 25 L. E., Ch. Div. [Eng.], 451. Eeferences: Smith v. Birmingham Water-Works Co., 16 So. Eep. [Ala.], 123; Red Star Steamship Co. v. City of Jersey City, 45 N. J. Law, 246; -Spring Talley Water-Works Co. v. City of San-Francisco, 22 Pac.
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Appeal from the district court of Platte county. Heard below before Sullivan, J. ■ Eeferences: Jackson v. City of Ellendale, 61 N. W. Eep. [N. Dak.], 1030; Sheffield Water-Works Co. v. Bingham, 25 L. E., Ch. Div. [Eng.], 451. Eeferences: Smith v. Birmingham Water-Works Co., 16 So. Eep. [Ala.], 123; Red Star Steamship Co. v. City of Jersey City, 45 N. J. Law, 246; -Spring Talley Water-Works Co. v. City of San-Francisco, 22 Pac. Eep. [CaL], 911; 2 Beach, Private Corporations, sec. 834c. •
1Opinion of the Court
Irvine, C.
The city of Columbus is a city of the second class, owning and operating a system of water-works for the supply *580of the city and its inhabitants with water. The city, undertook by ordinance to provide that all water should be supplied to private consumers through a meter of stand; ard manufacture, to. be approved by the water commissioner, and that the cost of such meter and of placing the same and keeping the same in repair should be paid by the consumer. The plaintiff was the owner of real property within the city and a consumer of water. He neglected or refused to purchase and…
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