Legal Opinion
Public Serv. Comm'n of PR v. Havemeyer
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 6, 1936No. 115PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
March 19, 1901, the executive council of Puerto Rico granted to the Guanica Land Company, a New Jersey corporation, assignable franchises including the privilege to take water from Guanica Lake for the irrigation of the company’s lands. Russell & Company, Sucesores, Sociedad en Comandita, a limited civil agricultural partnership composed of Havemeyer and the other respondents as partners, succeeded to that privilege. March 8, 1929, the public service commission of Puerto Rico made an order canceling it. The district court of San Juan and the supreme court successively sustained the order.…
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