Legal Opinion
Town of West Rutland v. Rutland Railway Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 15, 1925PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtButler, J.
This is a petition for writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to comply with an order of the Public Service Commission made by virtue of the jurisdiction referred to in Town of West Rutland v. Rutland Ry. L. & P. Co., 96 Vt. 413, 121 Atl. 755. The validity of the order is not disputed; nor is it denied that the enforcement of such orders is left to this Court by No. 92, Acts of 1923. That the defendant has dis obeyed the order by failing to comply with it is conceded. Ordinarily, when properly applied for, a mandate to enforce such an order would issue almost as a matter of course, but the…
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