State ex rel. Foley v. Hillyard Water Co.

Citations

• 49 Wash. 232
• 94 P. 1080
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 556

Syllabus

<p>■, Waters and Water Courses — Public Supply — Rights of Private Consumers — Regulations. Where the owners of premises, supplied with water by a private service which was unsatisfactory and unsuitable for permanent use, petitioned a public service corporation to extend its service to his property, and the water company, while extending its mains at great expense, purchased and temporarily used the private system until the new service was ready, the owner cannot insist upon a continuance of the old private service, or to a supply through the new service, without the payment of the cost of making connections, as charged to other customers of the water company under reasonable rates and regulations.</p>