Van Buren Light & Power Co. v. Inhabitants of Van Buren
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Two actions of assumpsit upon account annexed and quantum meruit to recover for electric current and electric lights furnished defendant town under an alleged contract entered into between plaintiff company and agents or representatives of defendant town. It was agreed that defendant was entitled to all the defenses that it might have made under any form of pleading.
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Two actions of assumpsit upon account annexed and quantum meruit to recover for electric current and electric lights furnished defendant town under an alleged contract entered into between plaintiff company and agents or representatives of defendant town. It was agreed that defendant was entitled to all the defenses that it might have made under any form of pleading. Questions of law having arisen, the parties agreeing thereto, the case was reported to the Law Court for determination upon so much of the evidence as legally admissible, the Law Court to render such judgment as the law and…
1Opinion of the CourtHaley, J.
Two actions brought to recover on an account annexed, and quantum meruit, for electric current and electric lights furnished the inhabitants of the town of Van Burén. The first writ seeks to recover for lighting the streets and certain public buildings in Van Burén from April' 1, 1915, to June 26th of the same year, and the second from November 27, 1915, to February 29th, 1916. The cases are before this court upon report.
On the 19th day of July, 1911, the plaintiff claims that it entered into a contract with the inhabitants of the town of Van Burén, acting by a committee, binding the parties…
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