State ex rel. Hodgdon v. Hoquiam Water Co.

Citations

• 70 Wash. 682
• 127 P. 304
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1106

Syllabus

<p>Waters and Water Courses — Water Companies — Franchise-Service to Consumers — Cost oe Connections. Under a franchise ordinance authorizing a water company to lay its pipes in streets and requiring it to furnish water to consumers at a certain fixed monthly rate, the company must deliver the water to the consumer at his property line, and must therefore defray the expense of extending the line from the main to the property line.</p> <p>Same. A provision in a franchise ordinance authorizing a water company to make special rules and regulations for the “use of water” does not empower the company to exact a charge for tapping the main and extending the service line to the'lot line.</p> <p>Same — Regulation oe Water Companies — Jurisdiction oe Courts. The courts have jurisdiction to determine the right of a water company under its franchise to exact a charge for tapping the main and extending the service pipe to the lot line, notwithstanding the public service commission may have exclusive original jurisdiction to determine questions involving the reasonableness of rates.</p>