Woods v. Greensboro Natural Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 143, Oct. T., 1902, by defendant, front decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1902, No. 833, on bill in equity in case of Joseph B. Woods v. Greensboro Natural Gas Company. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the erection of telephone and telegraph lines along a pipe line laid by defendant under its right of eminent domain.
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Appeal, No. 143, Oct. T., 1902, by defendant, front decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1902, No. 833, on bill in equity in case of Joseph B. Woods v. Greensboro Natural Gas Company. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the erection of telephone and telegraph lines along a pipe line laid by defendant under its right of eminent domain. Shaeer, J., found the facts to be as follows : 1. The plaintiff is the owner and is in possession of a tract of land in the townships of Elizabeth and Forward, in the county of Allegheny, containing about 200 acres. 2. The defendant is a…
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Opinion by
Mk. Justice Potter,
The question for consideration in this appeal, is stated by the appellant, as follows: Does the right of a natural gas company, incorporated and doing business under the act of May 29, 1885, to locate and appropriate a right of way for laying and maintaining a pipe line for the transportation and distribution of natural gas, include the incidental right to construct and maintain, on the same right of way, a telegraph or telephone line to bo used only in the necessary operation of the pipe line ?
The question is merely one of corporate power, and is to be determined…
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