Kennebec Water District v. City of Waterville
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Instructions to appraisers given by the court to determine the valuation of property of the Maine Water Company and acquired by the plaintiff by the exercise of the right of eminent domain.
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On report. Instructions to appraisers given by the court to determine the valuation of property of the Maine Water Company and acquired by the plaintiff by the exercise of the right of eminent domain. In this court below, the parties, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of the Legislature authorizing the Water District to take over the property, filed written requests for instructions which they, desired and contended ought to be given by the court to. the appraisers to guide them in determining the valuation of the property to be taken over. The case was then reported; the bill,…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
By ch. 200 of the Private and Special LaAvs of 1899, the Kennebec Water District Avas incorporated, and by § 6, it Was empoAvered to acquire, by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, “the entire plant, property and franchises, rights and privileges now held by the Maine Water Company Avithin said district and said toAvns of Benton and WinsloAA’, including all lands, Avaters, Avater rights, dams, reservoirs, pipes, machinery, fixtures, hydrants, tools, and all apparatus and appliances OAvned by said company and used in supplying Avater in said district and toAvns, and any other real…
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