Hamilton v. Caribou Water, Light & Power Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. Willard P. Hamilton et als. v. defendant. Re Investigation by ' the Public Utilities Commission. And H. H. Whitney v. defendant, were the three matters in which the Commission rendered decisions, and the Caribou Water, Light.& Power Company in each instance alleged exceptions, and the matters went to the Law Court for determination.
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On exceptions. Willard P. Hamilton et als. v. defendant. Re Investigation by ' the Public Utilities Commission. And H. H. Whitney v. defendant, were the three matters in which the Commission rendered decisions, and the Caribou Water, Light.& Power Company in each instance alleged exceptions, and the matters went to the Law Court for determination. The petitioners alleged that the water supplied by said Company was impure and unfit for domestic use; that the present source of supply was contaminated by surface drainage and sewage, and that there was no efficient system of purification, yet the…
1Opinion of the CourtWilson, J.
This case comes before this court on exceptions to an order and decree of the Public Utilities Commission.
Questions are raised and argued in the briefs of counsel which- are not properly before this court upon the bill of exceptions presented or cannot be determined upon the facts found by the Commission. But since the practice in such proceedings has not become established, the questions raised will be considered so far as the case before us will permit.
Though clothed with certain judicial powers, the Public Utilities Commission is not a court in the strict sense of the term. Its functions…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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