Philadelphia Co. v. Freeport Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 195, Oct. T., 1894, by< defendant, from decree of C. P. Armstrong Co., June T., 1894,; No. 328, in favor of plaintiff on bill in equity. Bill in equity, for an injunction to restrain the defendant from interfering with the construction of a twenty-inch pipe in certain streets in the borough of Freeport, and to prevent defendant from exacting a bond or money as a condition of its consent to the use of the streets for such pipe.
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Appeal, No. 195, Oct. T., 1894, by< defendant, from decree of C. P. Armstrong Co., June T., 1894,; No. 328, in favor of plaintiff on bill in equity. Bill in equity, for an injunction to restrain the defendant from interfering with the construction of a twenty-inch pipe in certain streets in the borough of Freeport, and to prevent defendant from exacting a bond or money as a condition of its consent to the use of the streets for such pipe. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court and: by the following opinion of Rayburn, P. J., granting a preliminary injunction: “The plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
The Philadelphia Company is a corporation engaged in the production, transportation and sale of natural gas. It was engaged in this business prior to and at the time of the passage of the act “ for the incorporation and regulation of natural gas companies ” approved May 29, 1885, P. L. 29. It has not accepted the provisions of this act, but it has located and partially constructed “ a twenty inch wrought iron gas line ” for the purpose of conveying gas from its wells in Armstrong county to its customers in the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny. The line so…
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