Board of Health v. Crew

Willoughby Beach is a community in Harford County of some forty homes, most of which front on Bush River. Edward J. Crew, the appellee, owns two of the houses and lives in one of them. There is no public sewerage system for the community; each house has its own septic tank or cesspool. There is a public water supply furnished by a privately owned corporation that is supervised by the State Health Department as to the purity of the water, and by the Public Service Commission as to service and rates. Crew became dissatisfied with the water when it developed an excessive iron content and…