Town of West Hartford v. Board of Water Commissioners
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Amicable suit to determine the legal duty of the respondent in respect to furnishing the inhabitants of the town of West Hartford with water; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and reserved by that court, Robinson, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court.
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Amicable suit to determine the legal duty of the respondent in respect to furnishing the inhabitants of the town of West Hartford with water; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and reserved by that court, Robinson, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court. The agreed statement of facts is as follows: The applicar tion of Everett T. Stanley, Wilbur E. Goodwin and Morgan Goodwin, selectmen of the town of West Hartford, for the said town and the inhabitants and-property owners therein, of the one part, and of the Board of Water…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The Board of Water Commissioners of' the city of Hartford is a corporation created by the charter of the city of Hartford, as an agency in the carrying on of the municipal government of that city. So far as the present case is concerned that board is identical with the municipal corporation of Hartford. Special Acts, Yol. 3, p. 386, Vol. 5, pp. 539, 456 and 769 ; also the Acts recited in the statement of facts. W.e have in this opinion referred to the Board of Water Commissioners and to the city, as meaning the same thing.
This case is brought before us by a statutory proceeding, which can be…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Galway v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Town of West Hartford v. Board of Water CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
- Given v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Town of Union v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1848
- Edwards v. Stonington Cemetery Ass'nSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1850
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- City of S. Pasadena v. Pasadena Land & Water Co.California Supreme Court · 1908
- Robbins v. Bangor Railway & Electric Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1905
- Board of Water Commissioners v. ManchesterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
- Barnes v. ChurchSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
- Stevens v. Board of Water CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
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