Brown v. Radnor Township Electric Light Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 257, Jan. T., 1903, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1903, No. 233, dismissing bill in equity in case of Martha Morris Brown and Mary J. B. Chew v. Radnor Township Electric Light Company. Bill in equity for an injunction.
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Appeal, No. 257, Jan. T., 1903, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1903, No. 233, dismissing bill in equity in case of Martha Morris Brown and Mary J. B. Chew v. Radnor Township Electric Light Company. Bill in equity for an injunction. The bill set forth that the plaintiffs are the owners of a tract of about 500 acres of land situate in the township of Radnor, Delaware county, on both sides of the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike road extending for about 6,000 feet along the same and that they own the fee in the road. That the defendant is a corporation chartered…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
The plaintiffs are owners of a tract of land containing about 500 acres in Radnor township, Delaware county, through which runs the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road. The tract lies on both sides of the turnpike road for about one mile. The Radnor Township Electric Light Company was incorporated April 13, 1903, under authority of the General Act of April 29, 1874 and the act of May 8,1889. The general act provides that corporations for profit of the second class may be organized for “ the manufacture and supply of gas or the supply of light, heat and power by…
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