Hyman v. Dillon

Citations

• 79 Fla. 673
• 84 So. 666

Syllabus

<p>1. A city ordinance prohibited any person or corporation from selling or supplying to the inhabitants of the city water, for human consumption, which shall have been taken from wells or other sources of supply “in or without” the city limits, unless the vendor shall hold a valid permit from the City Board of Health. The manager of a corporation ■which supplied water to the inhabitants of the city, which water was taken from wells in or near the city, was arrested, and charged with the offense under the ordinance of “supplying to patrons” of the corporation water for human consumption, “without first securing a permit,” etc. Whether the charge was a valid one not decided.</p> <p>2. Municipalities acting under authority from the State may enact ordinances which are necessary, for the public health though the requirements of such ordinances impose conditions upon persons or corporations not required in contracts wbicb they may have with the city for the particular service affected by the ordinance.</p> <p>3. Ordinances prohibiting the sale for human consumption of water containing certain elements or compounds as unwholesome or unfit for use may not establish a certain standard of mineral content and declare that water which contains a greater quantity of such minerals is unwholesome if such standard so fixed by the ordinance is not accurate.</p>