Johnson-Kahn Co. v. Thompson

This is a motion for an injunction, pendente lite, to restrain the defendants from cutting off the supply of water from plaintiff’s premises.

The premises in question consist of a modern apartment-house having a frontage of more than fifty feet and being more than five stories in height. Two water meters had been installed therein, but were removed on or about December 27, 1909, by the plaintiff, without the consent of the defendants or any of them.

The defendants threaten to cut off the supply of water, unless the plaintiff reinstall the meters or make a special contract with the commissioner…