Legal Opinion

Hauser v. York Water Co.

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, York County

Decided May 21, 1923Published

1Opinion of the Court

Wanner, P. J.,

— An alternative mandamus was issued in this case on the petition of Clarence L. Hauser, William H. Smyser and Samuel J. Swartz, three stockholders of the York Water Company, who allege therein that said company is being mismanaged to its own disadvantage and to the prejudice of the petitioners as stockholders therein; that by charging excessive and unjust rates for water it has provoked public antagonism against it and involved the company in litigation; and that it has never given to the stockholders any financial statement of its assets, liabilities or actual condition. They…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Guthrie v. HarknessSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. Commonwealth ex rel. Hamilton v. Select & Common CouncilsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1859
  3. Kuhbach v. Irving Cut Glass Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  4. Commonwealth ex rel. Sellers v. Phœnix Iron Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
  5. Neubert v. Armstrong Water Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905

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