PUCKETT v. CITY OF MULDRAUGH


403 S.W.2d 252 (1966)

Willie T. PUCKETT, Appellant, v. CITY OF MULDRAUGH, Kentucky, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pearl & Trevathan, Louisville, for appellant.

J. R. Watts, Brandenburg, Cubbage & Cubbage, Leitchfield, for appellees.

H. Bemis Lawrence, Louisville, amicus curiæ.


CLAY, Commissioner.

In this declaratory judgment action the basic bone of contention is whether the owner of rental property may be required by a city, operating a water system, to pay for such utility services furnished to his premises. The trial court decided that question in the affirmative and the property owner appeals.

In 1958, the City of Muldraugh (a fifth class city) began the operation of a water and sewage...

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