Sims v. Alabama Water Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Calhoun County; Hugh D. Merrill, Judge. Action by C. M. Sims against the Alabama AYater Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The ordinance referred to appears as a part of count 6, as follows: “Sec. 1094. AVater Service: AYhen Unlawful to Cut Off.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Calhoun County; Hugh D. Merrill, Judge. Action by C. M. Sims against the Alabama AYater Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The ordinance referred to appears as a part of count 6, as follows: “Sec. 1094. AVater Service: AYhen Unlawful to Cut Off. It shall be unlawful for any officer, agent or employee of any water company to cut or shut off any consumer’s supply of water, even though he is in arrears with his water rent, without first giving him at least ten days’ notice of such intention.” Under the circumstances the company could not cut off…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Appellant brought this action for damages against appellee, alleging that, having for some time been a customer of the appellee, a water company operating in the city of Anniston under a contract with said city in accordance with which it was supplying water to the people thereof, appellee had wrongfully cut off her water supply. Some of the . counts alleged that appellee had acted wrongfully, wantonly, and 'willfully in the premises.
[1] The evidence showed without dispute that appellant and another occupied the building to which the water was furnished; that a hallway separated the parts…
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- Board of Commissioners v. Orr.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Alabama Chemical Co. v. NilesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Birmingham Water Works Co. v. KeileyAlabama Court of Appeals · 1911
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- Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. AshleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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