Legal Opinion

Armstrong v. Hughesville Borough

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lycoming County

Decided August 9, 1960No. 1Published

1Opinion of the Court

Williams, P. J.,

The Borough of Hughesville constructed a sewer in 1905. The sewer was a combination storm and sanitary sewer and property holders were allowed to tap on to this sewer for a fee of $25. At that time and at the present time, the storm water and sewage is dumped into a creek *402in or near the borough which flows into the Susquehanna River.

The Sanitary Water Board of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issued an order directing the borough not to dump its sewage into the creek, and as a result the borough council passed an ordinance in 1959 requiring present users of the sewer line to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Robinson v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  2. Ericksen v. City of Sioux FallsSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1944
  3. Martinez v. CookNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Finley v. City of KendallvilleIndiana Court of Appeals · 1910
  5. Diklich v. JohnstownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1935

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