City of Jackson v. Anderson

Citations

• 97 Miss. 1
• 51 So. 896

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities. Waterworks. Negligence. Liability. Measure of damages.</p> <p>A municipality, operating waterworks, furnishing water for pay to its inhabitants and controlling the appliances by which water was turned on or off from its mains to service pipes from which consumers obtained a supply, must remove an obstruction from an appliance within a reasonable time, and, failing to do so, it will be liable for resulting damages suffered by a customer from an insufficient flow of water to his premises, the measure of which will not be limited to actual money losses, but may include compensation for trouble and inconvenience caused by being deprived of water.</p>