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WINCHESTER v. WINCHESTER WATER WORKS

No. 51.

251 U.S. 192 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 123

64 L.Ed. 221

CITY OF WINCHESTER ET AL. v. WINCHESTER WATER WORKS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Smith Hays, with whom Mr. J. Smith Hays, Jr., Mr. John M. Stevenson, Mr. James F. Winn and Mr. F.H. Haggard were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Beverley R. Jouett, with whom Mr. James M. Benton and Mr. Stephen T. Davis were on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

The Winchester Water Works Company filed its bill in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky seeking to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance establishing maximum rates for water to be furnished the city for public use and to the people thereof for private use. By the bill and amended bill it was charged that the city had no authority to pass or enforce an ordinance fixing such rates...

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