Board of Water Commissioners v. Detroit Citizens' Street-Railway Co.

The controlling question in this case rests upon a construction of the statute providing for supplying water to the city of Detroit for the public and private uses of its inhabitants. See Act No. 90, Laws 1853, §§ 5, 7. It is whether, under the law, the board must furnish water, from the hydrants or jets established *2by it, for street sprinkling gratuitously, or is entitled to compensation from tbe city funds therefor.

We have had occasion to consider this law in connection with somewhat similar claims of the city on two occasions, — first in the case of City of Detroit v. Board of Water…