Linn v. Chambersburg Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 346, Jan. T., '1893, by •S. M. Linn et al., from decree of C. P. Franklin Co., dismissing bill in equity. Bill to restrain erection of electric light plant. The case was referred to William Alexander, Esq., as master, who reported in part as follows: “1. It is admitted that all the plaintiffs in this case are taxpayers of the borough of Chambersburg, and that all except Augustus Duncan and Benjamin C. Ross are citizens resident in the said borough.
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Appeal, No. 346, Jan. T., '1893, by •S. M. Linn et al., from decree of C. P. Franklin Co., dismissing bill in equity. Bill to restrain erection of electric light plant. The case was referred to William Alexander, Esq., as master, who reported in part as follows: “1. It is admitted that all the plaintiffs in this case are taxpayers of the borough of Chambersburg, and that all except Augustus Duncan and Benjamin C. Ross are citizens resident in the said borough. “ 2. The defendant in this proceeding is the Burgess and Town Council of the Borough of Chambersburg, a municipal corporation…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curtam,
This bill was brought to restrain the borough of Chambers-*521burg from manufacturing and supplying electricity for the use and benefit of its inhabitants under the provisions of the act of May 20, 1891, P. L. 90. It is grounded mainly on allegations which, in substance, are (1) that said act is unconstitutional, and (2) that the debt, which would necessarily be incurred by the borough in carrying into effect its proposed undertaking, will increase its indebtedness to an amount in excess of the constitutional limit of seven per centum of the assessed valuation of taxable property…
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