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WANNACOMET WATER CO. v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES

346 Mass. 453 (1963)

194 N.E.2d 109

WANNACOMET WATER COMPANY vs. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 20, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Hanify (Lane McGovern with him) for Wannacomet Water Company.

James W. Kelleher for the Town of Nantucket.

Samuel Adams, Assistant Attorney General, for the Department of Public Utilities.

Present: SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, KIRK, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.

CUTTER, J.

Wannacomet Water Company (see St. 1880, c. 27; St. 1908, c. 548; St. 1928, c. 197) serves over 1,800 customers in Nantucket, of whom about 600 are seasonal. Its common stock is owned by Greenwich Water System, Inc.

Wannacomet filed new rate schedules to become effective July 1, 1961. The Department of Public Utilities suspended their operation and initiated an investigation as to their propriety. After hearings in April and May, 1961, interim rates...

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