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VAN DYKE v. GEARY

No. 52.

244 U.S. 39 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 483

61 L.Ed. 973

VAN DYKE ET AL. v. GEARY ET AL., MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 7, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William C. Prentiss, with whom Mr. F.C. Jacobs was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Samuel Herrick, with whom Mr. Wiley E. Jones, Attorney General of the State of Arizona, and Mr. R. Wm. Kramer and Mr. Geo. W. Harben, Assistant Attorneys General of the State of Arizona, were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

In 1909 Ida A. Van Dyke and her husband organized a corporation under the name of the Miami Townsite Company to acquire a tract in Gila County, Arizona, and establish a town thereon. A large part of Miami is now located on that land. In order to supply residents and others thereon with water for domestic, commercial and fire purposes, the Van Dykes introduced a water system which developed rapidly. In October...

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