Commissioners v. Northern Liberties Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Philadelphia. March 22,1849; reargued Dec. 12. Case stated. The plaintiffs below were a municipal corporation created in 1819, and authorized to pass necessary ordinances for the government of the district and the welfare thereof.
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In error from the Common Pleas of Philadelphia. March 22,1849; reargued Dec. 12. Case stated. The plaintiffs below were a municipal corporation created in 1819, and authorized to pass necessary ordinances for the government of the district and the welfare thereof. The defendants were a private corporation created in 1844, “ to construct and maintain suitable works for the manufacture of gas for the purposes of public and private illumination,” and they were required on application from owners or occupiers of property on any street, whenever in the opinion of the trustees the profit would…
1Opinion of the Court
Dec. 18.
Rogers, J.
By the 11th section of the Act of the 16th March, 1819, incorporating “ The Commissioners and Inha*320bitants of the Incorporated District of the Northern Liberties,” the Board of Commissioners, elected by the inhabitants of the district, are empowered “ to make, ordain, constitute, and establish such and so many laws, ordinances, and regulations, as shall be necessary for the governing of the district and the welfare thereof,” and by the 16th, 17th, and 18th sections they are invested with full jurisdiction over the streets and highways of the district.
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