Inhabitants of Falmouth v. Falmouth Water Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity under St. 1898, c. 66, § 12, to ascertain and fix the total actual cost of the franchise, corporate property rights and privileges of the Falmouth Water Company taken by the town of Falmouth under that section, filed November 12, 1900. The case was reserved by Barker, J., upon the pleadings, a report of auditors, treated by the court as a masters’ report, and other documents on file in the case, for determination by the full court in accordance with the…
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Bill in equity under St. 1898, c. 66, § 12, to ascertain and fix the total actual cost of the franchise, corporate property rights and privileges of the Falmouth Water Company taken by the town of Falmouth under that section, filed November 12, 1900. The case was reserved by Barker, J., upon the pleadings, a report of auditors, treated by the court as a masters’ report, and other documents on file in the case, for determination by the full court in accordance with the following stipulation signed in behalf of both parties: “It is hereby agreed, subject to the approval of the court, that this…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
The Falmouth Water Company was incorporated by a special charter, St. 1898, c. 66. On April first of the same year, it made a contract with one Langford, for the construction of a system of waterworks. The works were to be finished in nineteen months, to wit, on November 1, 1899; the price to be paid was “ the cash market value at that time of the pumping station, machinery, stand pipe, pipes and connections,” and in addition thereto such amount as was due for other work done and materials furnished, the work done being paid for at rates stated in the contract, and the materials furnished “…
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