Water & Wastewater Board of Madison v. Anderson

HARWOOD, Justice.

The Water and Wastewater Board of the City of Madison and Bernard L. Bressette (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Water Board”) appeal from the trial court’s writ of mandamus directing the Water Board to provide water service to property owned by G. Walton Anderson. We reverse and remand.

On April 24, 2001, Anderson sued the Water Board; his complaint contained, as an alternative, a petition for a writ of mandamus that sought an order from the trial court directing the Water Board to provide water service to his property.1 Anderson’s complaint stated, in pertinent…