CONSUMERS' CO. v. HATCH

No. 184.

224 U.S. 148 (1912)

CONSUMERS' COMPANY, LIMITED, v. HATCH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 1, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Myron A. Folsom, with whom Mr. Edward S. Elder and Mr. Robert H. Elder were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Eugene V. Boughton, with whom Mr. Frank W. Reed was on the brief, for defendant in error, submitted.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

Omitting reference to matters not pertinent to the alleged Federal questions relied upon, the facts are these: Although it was optional with it to do so, the plaintiff in error, a water supply corporation, operating under a franchise granted in 1903, laid a water main in Third street, an ungraded street within the corporate limits of the then village — now...

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