Clark v. Olson

Millard, J. —

Abb Clark and Jake Stafford, owner and tenant, respectively of a residence in Rockport, applied to the superior court for Skagit county for a writ of mandamus requiring Frank Olson, as the owner of a water system in Rockport, operated for hire, to supply water to the Clark-Stafford residence. The trial court found that Olson declined, without right, after demand and tender of the customary charge therefor, to supply the petitioners with water. The court concluded that Olson was operating in Rock-port, within the meaning of the statute (Rem. Rev. Stat., § 10344), a water system…