Louisville Water Co. v. Wiemer

Citations

• 130 F. 257
• 64 C.C.A. 503
• 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 4151

Syllabus

<p>1. Water Companies — Powers—Regulations in Respect to Street Sprinkling.</p> <p>A water company chartered for the purpose of supplying a city and its inhabitants with water has power to make reasonable regulations in respect to furnishing water for sprinkling streets in the city; and regulations requiring persons engaged in the business to obtain a license from the company, and providing that more than one license would not be granted covering the same street or part of a street, which should be granted to the applicant having the largest list of petitioning owners of abutting property, are reasonable, and within the company’s powers.</p>