COUNTY WATER SYSTEM v. SALT LAKE CITY

No. 8206.

3 Utah 2d 46 (1954)

278 P.2d 285

COUNTY WATER SYSTEM, INC., ET AL., PLAINTIFFS AND APPELLANTS, v. SALT LAKE CITY ET AL., DEFENDANTS AND RESPONDENTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 17, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elias Hansen, A.C. Melville, Salt Lake City, for appellants.

Christenson, Holmgren & Christofferson, City Attys., Fisher Harris, Salt Lake City, E.R. Callister, Jr., Atty. Gen., Clyde & Mecham, Lothaire R. Rich, Salt Lake City, for respondents.


CROCKETT, Justice.

The primary question here presented is whether the sale of surplus water by Salt Lake City to consumers beyond its city limits is subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission.

The plaintiff, County Water System, is a public utility furnishing water in an area just south of the Salt Lake City limits; the individual plaintiffs are taxpayers having an interest in this controversy. Plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment alleging...

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