Vandersloot v. Pennsylvania Water & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No, 132, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from, decree, of C. P. York Co., Oct. T., 1916, No. 1, refusing to set aside service of bill in equity in case of John Edward Vandersloot v. Pennsylvania Water & Power Company. Rule to.set aside service of bill in equity. Before Ross, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. . The lower court dismissed plaintiff’s rule to set aside the service of the bill. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No, 132, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from, decree, of C. P. York Co., Oct. T., 1916, No. 1, refusing to set aside service of bill in equity in case of John Edward Vandersloot v. Pennsylvania Water & Power Company. Rule to.set aside service of bill in equity. Before Ross, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. . The lower court dismissed plaintiff’s rule to set aside the service of the bill. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
The defendant, a corporation under the laws of Pennsylvania, possesses and operates, a dam across the Susquehanna river. The plaintiff filed a bill in equity, alleging that this obstruction backs the water upon cer-. tain property owned by him in York County, where, he averred, one end of the dam is located. The bill prayed, (1) That defendant be ordered to remove the dam and certain obstructions connected therewith, “or such, parts thereof as shall allow the water of said river to flow and run in its usual and natural course......as it did before the…
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