Rockford Savings & Loan Ass'n v. City of Rockford

The plaintiff, the Rockford Savings and Loan Association, brought a suit against the city of Rockford before a justice of the peace to recover $14.15 which was paid by the plaintiff under protest in order to obtain a supply of water at a residence in Oxford street, in Rockford. The association acquired title to the property on December 16, 1930, and soon after leased it. The city water had been turned off before December 16, 1930, and the lessee, upon taking possession, was unable to obtain a supply of water Because the water department refused to turn the water on until the bill for $14.15…