West Chester Borough v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 181, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Chester Co., Aug. T., 1907, No. 22, in proceedings to determine the reasonableness of license fees in case of West Chester Borough v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Company. Petition under the Act of April 17, 1905, P. L. 183, for a citation to determine the reasonableness of license fees imposed upon telegraph poles. Before Butler, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 181, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Chester Co., Aug. T., 1907, No. 22, in proceedings to determine the reasonableness of license fees in case of West Chester Borough v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Company. Petition under the Act of April 17, 1905, P. L. 183, for a citation to determine the reasonableness of license fees imposed upon telegraph poles. Before Butler, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Butler, J., entered the following order: June 15, 1908, it is ordered that the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company shall pay to the borough of West…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The borough of West Chester, by ordinance approved April 11, 1906, ordained that each telegraph, telephone, electric light and electric railway company using poles with wires strung thereon within the limits of said borough should pay an annual license fee of fifty cents for each pole used by any of said companies in any street, alley or highway of the borough. The borough, in 1907, brought this action to recover of the defendant company the amount of the license fees imposed by this *605ordinance upon the poles which it maintained in the streets of the borough. The defendant…
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