JOSLIN CO. v. PROVIDENCE

Nos. 219, 220, 221.

262 U.S. 668 (1923)

43 S.Ct. 684

67 L.Ed. 1167

JOSLIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE ET AL. SCITUATE LIGHT & POWDER COMPANY v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE ET AL. JOSLIN v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 11, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert H. McCarter, with whom Mr. Francis I. McCanna, Mr. Alfred G. Chaffee and Mr. James Harris were on the briefs, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Albert A. Baker, with whom Mr. Elmer S. Chace was on the brief, for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

These are suits in equity brought by the several plaintiffs in error in the Superior Court of Rhode Island, to enjoin the defendants in error from taking possession of or interfering with their property. The proceedings complained of, were taken under an act of the state legislature, purporting to authorize the City of Providence to obtain a supply of pure water....

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