Hamilton v. Madison Water Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the case to recover damages on account of alleged negligence of defendant company in furnishing plaintiff water from the use of which he contracted typhoid fever. Defendant filed plea of general issue.
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Action on the case to recover damages on account of alleged negligence of defendant company in furnishing plaintiff water from the use of which he contracted typhoid fever. Defendant filed plea of general issue. At close of testimony, questions of law of sufficient importance having arisen, case was reported to law court for final determination and all the rights of the parties on so much of the evidence as legally admissible: If the plaintiff prevails, damages to be assessed in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars; if defendant prevails, no cost to be taxed against plaintiff. Judgment for…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
This is an action on the case to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the defendant’s alleged negligence in furnishing him with water from which he contracted typhoid fever.
The defendant corporation was chartered by Chap. 97 of the Private and Special Laws of 1891, for the purpose of “conveying to and supplying the inhabitants of the towns of Madison and Anson, and of such parts of the towns of Starks and Norridgewock as may be within two miles of the Madison and Anson toll bridge, with water for all domestic, sanitary and municipal purposes.” The original authorized source…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Green v. Ashland Water Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- Jones v. Mount Holly Water Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1915
- Hayes v. Torrington Water Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1914
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- Canavan v. . City of MechanicvilleNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Aronson v. City of EverettWashington Supreme Court · 1925
- Boguski, Admr. v. City of WinooskiSupreme Court of Vermont · 1936
- Lajoie v. BilodeauSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1953
- Safransky v. City of HelenaMontana Supreme Court · 1935
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