Fall River Gas Works Co. v. Board of Gas & Electric Light Commissioners

The petitioner alleges in substance that the respondent board, hereinafter called the board, acting under R. L. c. 109, § 24, upon the application of the petitioner, hereinafter called the company, to the board for its approval of a proposed issue of additional stock, dismissed the application, being moved thereto by an erroneous view of the law; and prays that a writ of certiorari may issue to the end that the error may be corrected and the board directed to act upon the application in accordance with law. The board filed an answer in which was a return setting forth the record of its…