Linne v. Bredes

Citations

• 43 Wash. 540
• 86 P. 858
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 745

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Water Charges — Reasonableness— Vendor and Purchaser — Incumbrances—Performance of Contract. In the absence of express statutory authority a municipal corporation has no power to make delinquent water rentals a lien or incumbrance upon the premises as against a subsequent owner or occupant, a requirement that they be paid before a continuance of the service being unreasonable; and where such subsequent owner pays delinquent rentals pursuant to an ordinance requiring him to do so in order to obtain service, he cannot recover the same from his grantor under a promise to pay all “incumbrances” upon the property.</p>