Pennsylvania Water Co. v. Pittsburg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 47, Oct. T., 1909, by defendants, from decree of C. P, No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1908, No. 690, on bill in equity in case of Pennsylvania Water Company v. City of Pittsburg et al. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Miller, J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree awarding injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The borough of Brushton, incorporated in 1890, was erected out of part of Sterrett township, Allegheny county. By ordinance dated May 12, 1891, the borough authorized the Pennsylvania Water Company, a corporation chartered under the Act of April 29, 1874, P. L. 73, and its supplements to supply water to Sterrett township, to construct and operate water works within the borough limits, granting to said company the use of the streets of the borough, “to lay pipes for the purpose of supplying water to the borough and its inhabitants, and authorizing a contract with…
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