Legal Opinion

Maine Water Co. v. Knickerbocker Steam Towage Co.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided February 17, 1905PublishedCited by 14 opinions

On exceptions by defendant in first case. On exceptions by plaintiff in second case. Actions on the case for negligence. The cases are sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.

Actions on the case for negligence. These actions were heard together before the court below, without the intervention of a jury, but with the right of exceptions. The court found for the plaintiff in the action against the Knickerbocker Towage Co., and for the defendants in the other action. The defendant took exceptions in the first case, and the plaintiffs in the second. Both sets of exceptions have been heard together.

The plaintiff's causes of action are based upon the claim that on June 10, 1902, the plaintiff's water pipe, crossing from Bath to Woolwich, upon a structure in the bed of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. WILLSON AND OTHERS v. the Black Bird Creek Marsh CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1829
  2. United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
  3. Cummings v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  4. Withers v. BuckleySupreme Court of the United States · 1858
  5. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1897

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3Cited by14 opinions

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  3. Hines v. SweeneyWyoming Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Cardinali v. Planning Board of LebanonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
  5. Citizens' Committee for Environmental Protection v. United States Coast GuardDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1978

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