Lawrence v. Richards
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by the petitioner. This is a petition for mandamus .against the defendant as trustees of the Gardiner Water District wherein the petitioner seeks to compel the defendants to extend the water main of said District to the petitioner’s residence in South Gardiner, and supply him with water. The cause was heard before a single Justice, who denied the peremptory writ, and the petitioner excepted to that ruling. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
This sis a mandamus proceeding brought against the defendants as trustees of the Gardiner Water District, wherein it is sought to compel the defendants to extend the water mains of the District to the petitioner’s residence in South Gardiner, and supply him with water. The cause was heard before a single Justice who denied the peremptory writ, and it comes before us on exceptions to that ruling.
■The defendants, in the first place, interpose the objection that exceptions do not lie, when a peremptory writ of mandamus is denied. And they rely upon the language found in R. S., chap. 104, sects.…
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