Inhabitants of Orono v. Bangor Railway & Electric Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Decision of Railroad Commissioners sustained and affirmed. Appeal by the inhabitants of the town of Orono, Penobscot County, from a decision of the Railroad Commissioners apportioning to that town a part of the expense of certain repairs upon the bridge therein across the Stillwater branch of the Penobscot river, over which bridge the street railroad of the defendant passes, and which said appeal was duly entered in the Supreme Judicial Court in said county.
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On report. Decision of Railroad Commissioners sustained and affirmed. Appeal by the inhabitants of the town of Orono, Penobscot County, from a decision of the Railroad Commissioners apportioning to that town a part of the expense of certain repairs upon the bridge therein across the Stillwater branch of the Penobscot river, over which bridge the street railroad of the defendant passes, and which said appeal was duly entered in the Supreme Judicial Court in said county. The matter was heard in said court and at the conclusion of the evidence and by agreement of the parties the case was…
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
On report. An appeal by the inhabitants of the town of Orono from a decision of the Board of Railroad Commissioners apportioning to that town a part of the expense of certain repairs upon the bridge therein across the Stillwater branch of the Penobscot river, over which bridge the street railroad of the defendant passes.
The statute under which the decision was made (chap. 51, sect. 75, R. S.) is as follows: "Bridges erected by any municipality, over which any street railroad passes, shall be constructed and maintained in such manner and condition, as to safety, as the board of railroad…
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