Appeal of the City of Pittsburgh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Allegheny county: .Oí October Term, 1886, No. 139. Appeal of the City of Pittsburgh from a decree of said court granting a perpetual injunction against said city restraining it from enforcing certain specific portions of two city ordinances regulating the People’s Natural Gas Company.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Allegheny county: .Oí October Term, 1886, No. 139. Appeal of the City of Pittsburgh from a decree of said court granting a perpetual injunction against said city restraining it from enforcing certain specific portions of two city ordinances regulating the People’s Natural Gas Company. The People’s Natural Gas Company filed its bill in equity against the city of Pittsburgh, praying that said ordinances might be declared illegal, and that the said city -might be enjoined from enforcing them. The city of Pittsburgh filed its answer and after issue…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stertiett
delivered the opinion of the court January 3d. 1887.
In June 1885, The People’s Natural Gas Company was duly incorporated and organized under “ an Act to provide for the Incorporation and Regulation of Natural Gas Companies,” approved May 29th, 1885, and thus acquired all the rights, powers and privileges specified in the Act. Some of these, as expressed in the first section, are, “to-produce, .mine, own, deal in, transport, store and supply natural gas for either light, heat or both, or other purposes, and have all the rights and privileges necessary or convenient therefor.”
The 2d section…
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