Legal Opinion

Pottsville Water Co. v. Public Service Commission

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 15, 1921No. 1; Appeal, No. 217Published

Appeal, No. 217, Oct. T., 1921, by The Pottsville Water Company, from order of Public Service Commission, Complaint Docket, No. 4256 of 1921, sustaining complaint in the case of Joseph Lundy v. The Pottsville Water Company.

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Appeal, No. 217, Oct. T., 1921, by The Pottsville Water Company, from order of Public Service Commission, Complaint Docket, No. 4256 of 1921, sustaining complaint in the case of Joseph Lundy v. The Pottsville Water Company. Complaint by Joseph Lundy against rules and regulations of The Pottsville Water Company requiring consumer to pay for repairs to service pipes between the mains and the curb line under the public streets, and against action of the company in shutting off the water of consumer who refused to make such repairs. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Joseph Lundy, a resident householder of the Borough of St. Clair, and a patron of the Pottsville Water Company, filed complaint with the Public Service Commission against said water company alleging that it had turned off; the water supply to his house at the main in the street because he had refused to repair, or pay the expense of repairing, a leak in the service pipe leading to his house at a point in the roadway between the main and the curb, and praying that an order be made directing respondent company forthwith to supply him with water. This action of the water…

2Cases cited12 opinions

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  2. City of Scranton v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  3. Relief Electric Light, Heat & Power Company's PetitionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
  4. Coplay Cement Manufacturing Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  5. Beaver Valley Water Co. v. PubLic Service CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921

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