Belfast Water Co. v. City of Belfast
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report. This action was brought to recover the rental of two hydrants from October 1, 1893, to October 1, 1897, four years at forty dollars per year, one hundred and sixty dollars, and for changing water gates by order of the committee on highways of the city of Belfast, twelve dollars and thirty cents, making one hundred and seventy-two dollars and thirty cents in all. The price of the hydrants charged in the account annexed to the writ is fifty dollars per year.
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On Report. This action was brought to recover the rental of two hydrants from October 1, 1893, to October 1, 1897, four years at forty dollars per year, one hundred and sixty dollars, and for changing water gates by order of the committee on highways of the city of Belfast, twelve dollars and thirty cents, making one hundred and seventy-two dollars and thirty cents in all. The price of the hydrants charged in the account annexed to the writ is fifty dollars per year. The case is stated in the opinion. In 1891 the Belfast Water Company, by order of the City Government, made an extension on Bay…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
The principal item which the plaintiff seeks to recover in this suit is the rental of two hydrants from October 1, *551893, to October 1, 1897. It appears that the defendant city-directed the plaintiff company “to lay a main through Vine Street to Waldo Avenue, as provided in the contract with said company.” A main was laid and the hydrants placed. And these are the hydrants in question. The main was of four inch pipe. The connection from the main to the hydrants was of six inch pipe.
The defendant claims that the plaintiff was obliged by its contract to lay its mains with which hydrants were…
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