Britton v. City of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was a scire facias by The City of Philadelphia, on a municipal claim filed by the District of West Philadelphia, before consolidation, against Julia Ann Britton, for laying water-pipes in front of the defendant’s property.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was a scire facias by The City of Philadelphia, on a municipal claim filed by the District of West Philadelphia, before consolidation, against Julia Ann Britton, for laying water-pipes in front of the defendant’s property. The water-pipes were laid in July 1853*,under the authority of the _4ct 1st May 1852; and the claim was filed on the 31st De,cember385E,'fdf'205 feet of iron water-pipe, at one dollar per foot.“'''On the 21st April-1-855, an act was passed fixing the charge for water-pipes at ,75 cents per foot. On the trial, the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Read, J. —
By the first section of the Act of 1st May 1852, “relating to the district of West Philadelphia” (P. Laws, p. 508), the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sections of the Act of the 8th April 1851 (P. Laws, p. 358-9), giving authority to the commissioners of the district of Richmond to contract for the introduction of water into the said district, and to lay iron pipes and introduce wholesome water into any street within the same, were extended to the district'of West Philadelphia, as fully and effectually as if the act had been…
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