Fogg v. Ocean City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Swayze, J.

This ease involves the validity of an ordinance of Ocean City granting to the Ocean City Utilization and Sewerage Company the right to lay pipes beneath the surface of the streets and to construct, operate and maintain a system of sewerage in the city, and fixing the charges. This ordinance was adopted August 20th, 1906. The utilization and sewerage company was a corporation under the General Corporation act of 1896. In 1893 an ordinance had been passed by the city providing for sewer drainage by what was called the Ocean City Sewer Company,…