City of Great Bend v. Great Bend Water & Electric Co.

Citations

• 106 Kan. 553
• 189 P. 146
• 1920 Kan. LEXIS 602

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>City Water — Interpretation of City Ordinance — Consumers Entitled to Discount for Prompt Payment. The ordinance under which a water company operated, after providing a scale of charges based upon the quantity of water used, introduced a schedule of charges based upon the capacity of the meters, with the words: “All consumers shall pay, in any event, at least the following minimum monthly rates.” At the conclusion of the same section this provision was made: “All the rates above given are gross rates,'shall be payable monthly and shall be subject to a discount of twenty per cent., if bills are paid on or before the tenth day of the following month.” Held, that customers charged according to the schedule based on meter capacity were entitled to the discount for prompt payment.</p>