City of Tucson v. Sims

In this action, certain residents of Menlo Park subdivision, adjacent to the city of Tucson, sought to recover from the latter amounts they had been required to pay for domestic water in excess of the sums paid by those living within the corporate limits of the city, and from a judgment in their favor the city appeals.

The Pima Realty Company, it appears from the record, owned Menlo Park subdivision, a tract of land just outside the western boundary of the city of Tucson which had been divided into lots and blocks and whose streets and alleys had been dedicated to the public. In 1914 the…