Blair v. Manchester Water Works

The question to be decided in this case is whether a municipally owned water works may be compelled to extend its service to an adj oining town in an area therein where it has not previously supplied water. This question is not a constitutional one nor one of public policy but rather one of statutory interpretation. If the Public Utilities Commission has the power to make such an order the merits of the case will be determined at a subsequent hearing but if there is no statutory authority for the Commission to hear the matter, the plaintiffs’ petition must be dismissed. Kneier, State…