Pottsville Borough v. Pottsville Gas Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 232, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1903, No. 232, on verdict forplaintiff in case of Pottsville Borough’s Corporation v. Pottsville Gas Company. Appeal from judgment of justice of the peace. Before Bechtel, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 232, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1903, No. 232, on verdict forplaintiff in case of Pottsville Borough’s Corporation v. Pottsville Gas Company. Appeal from judgment of justice of the peace. Before Bechtel, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court charged in part as follows : [The plaintiff’s witnesses, Mr. Fleet, the chairman of the highway committee, and the engineer of the borough, the commissioner of highways, testified that every time this corporation opens a street, while they put it back in as…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
This is an action to recover the penalties imposed by a borough ordinance for digging four trenches in macadamized streets of the borough of Potts ville, by the defendant company, for the purpose of laying gas pipes, without having obtained permits so to do as by the ordinance required. The ordinance requires that any person or corporation shall before making any excavation in any macadamized public street make written application to the commissioner of highways, setting forth the place where and the object for which the excavation is to be made, and pay a fee of $3.00 to…
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