Mims v. Edgefield County Water & Sewer Authority

Harwell, Justice:

Appellant alleges the circuit court erred by declaring unenforceable a fee charged to respondent. We agree and reverse.

Respondent operates a retirement home located within appellant’s service area. Respondent’s building contains a fire sprinkler system consisting of 350 sprinkler heads. Appellant adopted a rate ordinance which provided for a sprinkler head charge on all fire sprinkler systems of $2.00 per sprinkler head per year. In 1978, respondent paid under protest appellant’s fee. After exhausting her administrative remedies, respondent initiated this action seeking a…