York Water Co. v. York
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 214, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from decree of C. P. York Co., In Equity, January T., 1915, No. 2, awarding an injunction in,case of York Water Company v. City of York. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain defendant city from enforcing an ordinance: Before Wanner, P. J., and Ross, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The court issued a perpetual injunction restraining the defendant -from enforcing the ordinance complained of.
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Appeal, No. 214, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from decree of C. P. York Co., In Equity, January T., 1915, No. 2, awarding an injunction in,case of York Water Company v. City of York. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain defendant city from enforcing an ordinance: Before Wanner, P. J., and Ross, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The court issued a perpetual injunction restraining the defendant -from enforcing the ordinance complained of. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was the decree of the court.'
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
The bill in the present case seeks to enjoin the City of York from enforcing certain ordinances passed for the purpose of regulating the measuring of water supplied to consumers, requiring the installation of meters by the water company under certain conditions and prescribing penalties for failure to comply with the provisions of said ordinances. The city asserts the right to thus regulate the furnishing of water to the public under clause 31, Section 3, Article Y, of the Act of June 27, 1913, P. L. 568. This act provides for the incorporation, regulation and…
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