Ellensburgh Water Supply Co. v. City of Ellensburgh

Citations

• 13 Wash. 554
• 43 P. 531
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 87

Syllabus

<p>MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS—CONTRACT WITH WATER COMPANY — CONSTRUCTION.</p> <p>The provisions of an ordinance granting a franchise to furnish a city and its inhabitants with water, and providing that the city should pay a stipulated rental for a certain number of hydrants, will not render the city liable for the rent when no hydrants have actually been attached to the mains, and it does not appear that the city had ever been called upon to furnish the hydrants and direct where they should be placed.</p>