Lancaster v. Public Service Commission

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The City of Lancaster, a city of the third class, owning and operating its own water plant and distribution system, has appealed from an order of the Public Service Commission, dated July 1, 1935, refusing its approval (under Article III, Sections 3(c) and 11(a), and Article Y, Sections 18 and 19, of the Public Service Company Law of July 26, 1913, P. L. 1374, as amended) of contracts between it and two small water companies. Under these contracts appellant proposes to extend its water service beyond its limits and into portions of the adjoining township of Manheim.…