Commonwealth v. Alexandria Water Co.

This matter is before us upon the petition of Commonwealth of Virginia, at the relation of A. Lincoln Green and Home Lands Development Corporation. An appeal as of right yas awarded from an order entered by the State Corporation Commission on July 31, 1950, in a proceeding wherein petitioners were plaintiffs and Alexandria Water Company, a corporation, was defendant.

Green purchased a tract of several acres of land near the western boundary of the present city limits of Alexandria. This he proposed to develop into residential lots. After acquiring the property he formed a corporation under the…