Crawford Electric Co. v. Knox County Power Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This bill in equity was brought by the Crazvford Electric Company v. Knox County Power Company and Hollis M. Shaw, asking that the respondents be enjoined from making, generating, selling, distributing or supplying electricity for lighting, 'heating, manufacturing, etc., in- the tow-ns mentioned in -the counties of Knox and Waldo.
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On report. This bill in equity was brought by the Crazvford Electric Company v. Knox County Power Company and Hollis M. Shaw, asking that the respondents be enjoined from making, generating, selling, distributing or supplying electricity for lighting, 'heating, manufacturing, etc., in- the tow-ns mentioned in -the counties of Knox and Waldo. In the quo warranto proceedings, charging the defendant Shaw with usurping two public franchises, the same facts and the same propositions of law are involved as are involved in the bill in equity; they were argued together and are decided and disposed of…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
These cases were reported and argued together because they involve the same facts and the same propositions of law, and differ only in the form of the desired remedy.
The following facts appear in the agreed statement:
The Crawford Electric Company was organized under the general laws of the State on February 20, 1897, for the purpose of making, generating, selling, distributing and supplying gas or electricity, or both, for lighting, heating, manufacturing and mechanical purposes in various towns in Knox and Waldo counties, including the town of Union. It is the owner of buildings and water…
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