New Castle City v. Withers

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

The City of New Castle, a city of the third class, filed this bill in equity against defendant, the owner of an apartment house therein, in which it prayed a decree requiring her to make certain changes in the plumbing in the building so that it will conform with the requirements of the Act of June 7,1901, P. L. 493, known as the plumbing code, which was extended to cover cities of the third class by the Act of May 14, 1909, P. L. 840. The chancellor, after hearing, determined that the plumbing installed in the house did not comply with the law and was…