White Haven Borough v. White Haven Water Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 59, Jan. T., 1904, by-defendants, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., May T., 1900, No. 11, on bill in equity in case of White Haven Borough, S. W. Trimmer and G. W. Moyer, Taxpayers, v. White Haven Water Company. Bill in equity for an injunction. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. JSrror assigned was in dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Potteb,
The borough of White Haven, prior to 1865, had erected and was the owner of waterworks from which it supplied itself and furnished its citizens with pure water. The defendant, the White Haven Water Company, was incorporated by a special act of assembly approved February 27,1865, P. L. 203, and the act of incorporation contained a proviso “ that the said company shall not charge any private family more than ten dollars per annum for water, or the use thereof.” The act further provided that the defendant company should purchase from the borough, and the borough was…
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