In re Barre Water Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
This ease was heard upon the report of commissioners at the September Term, Washington County, 1888, Tylkr, J., presiding. The charter of the Barre Water Company provides that in case that company deemed it necessary in the construction of its works to enter upon private lands or appropriate private waters, commissioners should be appointed to appraise the damages, who should return their report to the County Court for judgment thereon.
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This ease was heard upon the report of commissioners at the September Term, Washington County, 1888, Tylkr, J., presiding. The charter of the Barre Water Company provides that in case that company deemed it necessary in the construction of its works to enter upon private lands or appropriate private waters, commissioners should be appointed to appraise the damages, who should return their report to the County Court for judgment thereon. The company proposes to erect its dam and draw water from a certain point on the Jail Branch, and the exceptants are the owners of mill privileges on that…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rowell, J.
The Barre Water Company is incorporated by special charter, “for. the purpose of furnishing the town of Barre and the inhabitants thereof with water for the extinguishment of fires, and for domestic, sanitary, and other purposes.” St. 1886, No. 171. For these purposes it is authorized to take, by purchase or otherwise, the water from Jail Branch and other waters. The company proposes to dam that branch, about two miles above Barre village, and take water therefrom in a 16-inch main, to supply the village. A main of that size is fairly and…
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