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Private Water Company Denied Compensation
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1992.tb07386.x
Subject(s) - damages , subdivision , compensation (psychology) , business , agency (philosophy) , private property , installation , water utility , law , engineering , civil engineering , political science , sociology , environmental engineering , water supply , mechanical engineering , psychology , social science , psychoanalysis
In 1967, subdivision developers granted a company the right to install, maintain, repair, and operate a water system. Amos Plumbing and Electric Company acquired the water system in 1987. No governmental agency gave the private water company a franchise to furnish water, nor did the county agree to refrain from installing a competing system, which it did. Subdivision residents switched to the county water system in 1991. Amos sued the county, seeking an injunction to prevent the construction of the county water system and seeking damages for the taking of property without compensation. The trial court ruled against Amos.