Legal Opinion

Katharine Water Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 12, 1906No. Appeal, No. 130PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal, No. 130, April T., 1906, by the Katharine Water Company, from order of C. P. Cambria Co., June T., 1904, No. 658, dismissing condemnation proceedings in the matter of condemnation by Katharine Water Company of land and water of Spangler Water Company. Exceptions to bond in condemnation proceedings. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was the order dismissing the proceedings.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rice, P. J.,

The Katharine Water Company, incorporated under the act of 1874 and its supplements, for the supply of water to the public in a certain district, claims to have appropriated to its use, in the exercise of the right of eminent domain, the waters of certain streams, rivulets and creeks flowing through the lands of the Spangler Water Company, and the streams in and upon said lands, together with the lands “ along and through which the said streams flow immediately connecting thereto,” and also “all the water and water rights on the lands of L. J. Bearer, as conveyed to the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Independence Party NominationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  2. Rand v. KingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  3. Twelfth-St. Market Co. v. P. & R. Terminal R., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1891
  4. Philadelphia, Morton & Swarthmore Street RailwayCo.'s PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  5. In re Johnstown, Indiana & Westmoreland Turnpike Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ShafferSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  2. Commonwealth v. FisherSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  3. Palmer Water Co. v. Lehighton Water Supply Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  4. Windber Brewing Co. No. 2's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  5. In re Bond of Equitable Gas Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1919

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