Legal Opinion
Carpenter v. Town of Gate City, Virginia
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 25, 1946No. Record No. 3108PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
The Town of Gate City, Virginia, a municipal corporation, owns and operates the waterworks system supplying its inhabitants. Due to a dry season in the fall of 1943-4, there was a shortage in its water supply. Meetings were held by citizens of the town and by the town council to consider the necessity of securing additional water for the reservoir of the town. It was agreed that an additional flow of 50 gallons per minute was required. ■
*736The plaintiff, M. D. Carpenter, doing business as Carpenter Drilling Company, who had been drilling wells for twenty years, and was acquainted with the…
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