Bethlehem City Water Co. v. Bethlehem Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 269, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Northampton Co., June T., 1914, No. 2, in equity, awarding an injunction, in case of Bethlehem City Water Company v. The Borough of Bethlehem. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Stewart, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court on final hearing awarded an injunction as prayed for in the bill. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 269, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Northampton Co., June T., 1914, No. 2, in equity, awarding an injunction, in case of Bethlehem City Water Company v. The Borough of Bethlehem. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Stewart, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court on final hearing awarded an injunction as prayed for in the bill. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in dismissing exceptions to various findings of fact and law of the hearing judge, and the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Mr.
Justice Moschzisker,
This is an appeal from an injunction decree.
The facts concerning the formation of both the plaintiff company and the defendant borough are fully set forth in Bethlehem City Water Co. v. Bethlehem Borough, 231 Pa. 454, a prior litigation between the parties to this suit. It will be sufficient for present purposes to summarize the material findings made by the court below thus: the Borough of Bethlehem was formed in 1904 by *335a consolidation of the former Borough of West Bethlehem, in Lehigh County, and the old Borough of Bethlehem, in Northampton County; the…
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