Pittsburg & Allegheny Telephone Co. v. Braddock Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 48, April T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1908, No. 407, to determine a dispute between the Pittsburg & Allegheny Telephone Company and the Borough of Braddock. Proceeding under the act of April 17, 1905, for the determination of a dispute as to the reasonableness of license fees imposed by the borough of Braddock on the Pittsburg & Allegheny Telephone Company.
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Appeal, No. 48, April T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1908, No. 407, to determine a dispute between the Pittsburg & Allegheny Telephone Company and the Borough of Braddock. Proceeding under the act of April 17, 1905, for the determination of a dispute as to the reasonableness of license fees imposed by the borough of Braddock on the Pittsburg & Allegheny Telephone Company. Before Kennedy, P. J. From the record it appeared that in 1894 the borough of Braddock passed an ordinance imposing a license fee of $1.00 on each telephone pole and $2.50 per…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The proceeding resulting in the decree appealed from was begun under the Act of April 17, 1905, P. L. 183. The borough of Braddock takes this appeal and complains in the first place that the said act of assembly is unconstitutional. The act has been twice before this court for construction: Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph & Telephone Company’s License, 37 Pa. Superior Ct. 151; West Chester Borough v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co., 38 Pa. Superior Ct. 603. In the last-mentioned case the constitutionality of the act was directly assailed, but this court held it to be a valid…
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- Braddock Borough v. Allegheny County Telephone Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph & Telephone Company's License FeesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Borough of Dunmore's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
- West Chester Borough v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
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