Collier v. City of Atlanta

1. The City of Atlanta has authority under its charter to extend its water mains" beyond the city limits and into the territory of the adjacent County of Delialb, and to supply persons in such outlying territory with water service, and to charge persons for such service as may be supplied to them on their request.(a) The charge for such service is not in any sense a tax.

(&) The city may not compel any person in such outlying territory to accept the water service which it undertakes to provide, nor may the city be compelled to render water service to such person where it has not voluntarily…