Hone v. Presque Isle Water Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by plaintiffs. Action on tbe case brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant water company to recover damages for the loss of certain buildings owned by them and destroyed by fire, on the ground that the loss resulted from the negligent failure of the defendant water company to keep a certain hydrant in proper repair and condition for use.
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On exceptions by plaintiffs. Action on tbe case brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant water company to recover damages for the loss of certain buildings owned by them and destroyed by fire, on the ground that the loss resulted from the negligent failure of the defendant water company to keep a certain hydrant in proper repair and condition for use. The declaration contained two counts which are as follows: "In a plea of the case; for that the said defendant is a public service corporation, created and organized under the provisions of Chapter 3 of the Private and Special Acts of…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
This is an action on the case brought by individual owners of property destroyed by fire, to recover damages for their loss against the defendant water company on the ground that it resulted from the negligent failure of the defendant to keep its hydrants in proper condition for use.
The defendant filed a general demurrer to the plaintiffs’ declaration. The demurrer was sustained by the presiding Justice, and the case comes to the Law Court on exceptions to that ruling.
It is alleged in the first count in the declaration that by virtue of a special act of the legislature, the defendant company,…
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- Gorrell v. Greensboro Water Supply Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
- House v. Houston Waterworks CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- Hayes v. City of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
- Howsmon v. Trenton Water Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Paducah Lumber Co. v. Paducah Water Supply Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
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