In re Guilford Water Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Exceptions under R. S., Chap. 55, Sec. 55, from the ruling and findings of Public Utilities Commission. Judgment in accordance with opinion. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, J.
The corporation of the Guilford Water Company owes its existence to a charter specially granted in the year of 1909. P. & S. L., Chap. 226. Its powers were broadened by an act of 1911. P. & S. L., Chap. 249. So far as relevant to the issues of this case, the original grant of authority limited the Company to conveying to and supplying the inhabitants of the town of Guilford “with water for all domestic, sanitary, municipal, and commercial purposes.” The town was empowered “to contract with said corporation for a supply of water for fire or other purposes for a term of years, and at the…
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