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Crescent Pipe Line Company's Petition

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 20, 1914No. Appeal, No. 161PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal, No. 161, Oct. T., 1913, by Crescent Pipe Line Company, from order of C. P. Huntingdon Co., No. “K,” May T., 1913, dismissing petition for appointment of viewers In re Petition of Crescent Pipe Line Company. Petition for appointment of viewers. See Crescent Pipe Line Company v. Jeffries, 52 Pa.

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Appeal, No. 161, Oct. T., 1913, by Crescent Pipe Line Company, from order of C. P. Huntingdon Co., No. “K,” May T., 1913, dismissing petition for appointment of viewers In re Petition of Crescent Pipe Line Company. Petition for appointment of viewers. See Crescent Pipe Line Company v. Jeffries, 52 Pa. Superior Ct. 407. Woods, P. J., filed the following opinion: This matter is before us on a petition by the Crescent Pipe Line Co. to appoint viewers for the purpose of condemning a certain strip of land across the farm of John M. Jeffries, in order to construct a pipe line, through which to…

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Hendekson, J.,

The appellant is a corporation organized under the Act of June 2, 1883, P. L. 61, for the transportation and storage of oil by means of pipe lines and tanks. It is invested with power to take, hold, purchase and' transfer such real and personal property as the purposes of the corporation may require not exceeding the amount limited by its charter, together with the right to appropriate and take lands, easements and rights of way for locating and constructing steam pumps, tanks, pump houses and offices and laying down its pipes or tubes, connections and branches from…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Lance's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
  2. Pennsylvania Railroad Company's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
  3. Phillips v. Dunkirk, Warren & Pittsburg RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
  4. Woods v. Greensboro Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
  5. Packer v. Sunbury & Erie RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1852

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Keystone Pipe Line Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1934
  2. West Penn Power Co. v. Wilson, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Washington County1923

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