State ex rel. Dawson v. Leavenworth City & Fort Leavenworth Water Co.

Citations

• 92 Kan. 227
• 140 P. 103
• 1914 Kan. LEXIS 199

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Water Company — Supplying Water to City and Public and Private Institutions Outside the City is Subject to Control of Utilities Commission. Upon the facts stated in the opinion it is held that a waterworks company engaged in supplying water to the city of Leavenworth and its inhabitants, and also to the United States military prison, the federal prison, Fort Leavenworth, the National Soldiers’ Home and other public and private institutions outside the city (four-ninths of the total amount of water furnished being to outside consumers) is within the provisions of section 3 of chapter 238 of the Laws of 1911, and therefore subject to the control of the public utilities commission.</p>