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Bartlesville Water Co. v. City of Bartlesville

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided June 22, 1915No. 4639PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error from District Court, Washington County; R. H. Hudson, Judge. Mandamus by the City of Bartlesville, Okla., a municipal corporation, against the Bartlesville Water Company, a corporation.^ Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

BLEAKMORE, C.

This is an action commenced in the district court of Washington county on the 18th day of July, 1912, by the city of Bartlesville, seeking by mandamus to compel the Bartlesville Water Company, ' a private corporation, to furnish and maintain, at its own expense, service or connecting pipes in the streets or alleys from its water mains to the curb line, for the benefit of the water consumers. The peremptory writ was issued, and the water company has brought the case here for review.

On May 11, 1904, W. E. Mitchell, the assignor of the Bartlesville Water Company, by…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. City of Potwin Place v. Topeka Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1893
  2. State ex rel. City of Milwaukee v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Hatch v. Consumers Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Seymour Water Co. v. City of SeymourIndiana Supreme Court · 1904
  5. City of Topeka v. Topeka Water Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1897

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Carter Oil Co. v. Crude Oil Co. (Oklahoma)Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
  2. Birmingham W. W. Co. v. HernandezSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  3. Waldron v. International Water Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1921
  4. City of Baxter Springs v. Estate of BilgerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1922
  5. Southwestern Natural Gas Co. v. Cherokee Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935

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