Town of Southington v. Southington Water Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to condemn or appropriate the water-works of the defendant company pursuant to special legislative authority, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Case, upon a finding of facts, for the advice of this court.
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Suit to condemn or appropriate the water-works of the defendant company pursuant to special legislative authority, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Case, upon a finding of facts, for the advice of this court. The defendant corporation was chartered by the General Assembly in 1882, the franchise for the formation of the corporation being granted to R. A. Neal, Orson W. Stow, and others named, and such other persons as might become their associates. 9 Special Laws, pp. 609-614. The commissioners appointed to receive subscriptions to the capital stock had, on…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The situation presented in this case is one which satisfies the conditions stated in Hart v. Roberts, 80 Conn. 71, 75, 66 Atl. 1026, as justifying this court in giving advice to a trial court upon a reservation in respect to questions of law involved therein, in advance of the time when it is ready for final judgment. The questions presented are such as must certainly enter into the final determination of the cause, and the advantages to he derived from a preliminary adjudication of them are manifest and distinct.
The charter granted to Neal, Stow, and others for the incorporation of the…
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