Davis v. Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Lines
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 14, Oct. T., 1908, by-defendant, from judgment of Superior Court, April T., 1907, No. 183, affirming decree of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1906, No. 599, on bill in equity in case of Henry A. Davis v. The Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Lines. Appeal from Superior Court. See 34 Pa. Superior Ct. 438. Error assigned was the judgment of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The appellant is a corporation chartered under the Act of June 2, 1883, P. L. 61, and possessing the right of eminent domain. It is engaged in the business of storing petroleum and transporting it from place to place through pipes. It laid two of them on the land of the appellee without his permission and without any authority of law. This finding, which was not assigned as error on the appeal to the Superior Court, ought to have gone further and been that the appellee had no knowledge that the pipes had been laid until some time after they had been placed upon his…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hankey v. Philadelphia Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad v. Pottsville Water Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Davis v. Pennsylvania Pipe LinesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Philadelphia, Newtown & New York Railroad v. CooperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
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- Palmer Water Co. v. Lehighton Water Supply Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Miller v. Hanover & McSherrytown Water Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Mountain Water Supply Co. v. Sagamore Coal Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fayette County1922
- Bleman v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1966
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