Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney General v. Lykens Water Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county: Of May Term 1885, No. 16. This was, in the court below, a suggestion for a writ of quo warranto filed, by Lewis C. Cassidy, Attorney General of tbe Commonwealth, against The Lykeus Water Company, incorporated July 20th, 1883, to show by what warrant it claims to be and exercise the rights of a corporation.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county: Of May Term 1885, No. 16. This was, in the court below, a suggestion for a writ of quo warranto filed, by Lewis C. Cassidy, Attorney General of tbe Commonwealth, against The Lykeus Water Company, incorporated July 20th, 1883, to show by what warrant it claims to be and exercise the rights of a corporation. The suggestion set forth in substance the following facts: (1.) That the respondent, ever since July 20th, 1883, claims, without lawful warrant, to be a corporation in the name of The Lykens Water Company, with power to supply pure water…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mercur
This is an attempt to annul the charter of the respondent to which letters patent, regular in form, issued on the 20th of July, 1883. The ground of complaint is that letters patent had previously issued to another corporation of the same name, giving to it the exclusive right to enjoy the same rights and privileges in the same territory. It is admitted that the corporation, for the benefit of which the charter of the respondent is attacked, was duly incorporated on the 6th of Majr, 1880, under the Act of 29th April, 1874 and its supplements. Section 11 of the supplement of 17th April, 1876,…
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