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MARSHALL v. MILTON WATER CORPORATION

No. 52-69.

270 A.2d 162 (1970)

Pearl H. and Jean MARSHALL v. MILTON WATER CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Vermont, Chittenden.

October 15, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coffrin & Pierson, and Richard W. Affolter, Burlington, for plaintiff.

Wick, Dinse & Allen, Burlington, for defendant.

Before SHANGRAW, BARNEY and SMITH, JJ., and LARROW and MARTIN, Superior Judges.

BARNEY, Justice.

The plaintiffs' barn was destroyed by fire the day after Christmas, 1964. The volunteer fire department of the town of Milton was unable to get water from the closest hydrant after their tanker ran dry, and switched to pumping from the nearby river. This suit was brought to seek to transfer the burden of the plaintiffs' fire loss, on a claim of negligence, to the Milton Water Corporation, a private company. This defendant provided water from its supply...

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