Reynolds v. Nashua

The board of fire commissioners of the defendant city had requested its board of public works to install hydrants closer to the Ledge Street dump than those already in place, in order that fires at the dump might be more effectively controlled and put out. From the existing hydrant the distance to the dump was some 1,800 feet. The city preferred to use its old hose for fires at the dump and this consisted of fifty-foot lengths. The coupling of these pieces took some time. The city decided to comply with the request of its fire commissioners and undertook to install two hydrants, one 446 feet…