Court Opinion

ID: 9693305
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 16:36:18.336652+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:04:40.209099
License: Public Domain

Allen, J.
(concurring in part and dissenting in part). While the installation of a municipal water system may be installed by private enterprise, I don’t believe that in the world in which we live *282the system can be maintained and operated by private enterprise. There are very few privately maintained and operated water systems in existence. Furthermore, the effective maintenance of such a system is so intimately related to and dependent upon the department of public health of the municipality involved that a governmental function rather than a proprietary function results. Therefore, I disagree with that part of the majority opinion which holds that the construction and maintenance of the public water line in the City of Hancock is not a governmental function.