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JONES v. CITY OF PORTLAND

No. 77.

245 U.S. 217 (1917)

JONES ET AL v. CITY OF PORTLAND.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Eben Winthrop Freeman for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Carroll S. Chaplin, with whom Mr. Guy H. Sturgis and Mr. Henry P. Frank were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

By an act of the legislature of the State of Maine approved March 19, 1903, P.L. 1903, c. 122; § 87, c. 4, Revised Statutes of Maine, 1903, it was provided:

"Any city or town may establish and maintain, within its limits, a permanent wood, coal and fuel yard, for the purpose of selling, at cost, wood, coal and fuel to its inhabitants. The term `at cost,' as...

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