· 5/27/1952
City of Maryville v. Cushman
Citations
- 249 S.W.2d 347
- 363 Mo. 87
- 1952 Mo. LEXIS 633
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- affirming that public water or sewerage providers have the right “to prescribe reasonable terms upon which the owner may have such services connected to his property”
- “We have many times ruled that bonds payable solely from the revenues of a municipal utility, service or facility, and not from taxation, are not a general municipal indebtedness within the Constitution”
- An owner of property can be charged with knowledge of the applicable statute and, in so doing, created an implied contract for services by connecting the premises to the water supply.
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Judges: Conkling
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