Bethlehem City Water Co. v. Bethlehem Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 163, Jan. T.,.1910, by defendant, from decree of C: P-. Northampton Co., June T., 1909, No. 2, on bill in equity in case of Bethlehem City Water Company v. Bethlehem Borough et al. Bill in equity to enjoin the defendant from issuing bonds and from laying mains and doing other things for the supply of water in a portion of the borough of Bethlehem formerly constituting the borough of West Bethlehem.
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Appeal, No. 163, Jan. T.,.1910, by defendant, from decree of C: P-. Northampton Co., June T., 1909, No. 2, on bill in equity in case of Bethlehem City Water Company v. Bethlehem Borough et al. Bill in equity to enjoin the defendant from issuing bonds and from laying mains and doing other things for the supply of water in a portion of the borough of Bethlehem formerly constituting the borough of West Bethlehem. Before Stewart, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree awarding injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
The borough of Bethlehem, Northampton county, was incorporated in 1845, and in 1854 became subject to the general borough Act of April 3, 1851, P. L. 320. The borough of West Bethlehem was incorporated under the same act in 1886 out of territory in Hanover township, Lehigh county. A small stream — the county line — lay between the two boroughs, which were consolidated in 1904 and constitute the present borough of Bethlehem, the defendant.
*456The Bethlehem South Gas and Water Company was incorporated by a special act of assembly, approved April 13, 1864, and was…
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