Pennsylvania Water Co. v. Pittsburg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 47, Oct. T., 1909, by defendants, from decree of C. P, No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1908, No. 690, on bill in equity in case of Pennsylvania Water Company v. City of Pittsburg et al. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Miller, J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree awarding injunction.
1DissentJustice Potter
With due respect to the opinion of the majority of the court I am unable to see how the conclusion reached in this case can be sustained without ignoring the decisions of this court in Dorrance v. Bristol Boro., 224 Pa. 464; Hastings Water Co. v. Hastings Boro., 216 Pa. 178; Philipsburg Water Co. v. Philipsburg Boro., 203 Pa. 562; Boyertown Water Co. v. Boyertown Boro., 200 Pa. 394; Braddock Borough v. Penn Water Co., 189 Pa. 379, and other cases which recognize the principle that in the absence of an exclusive franchise to a water company, and in the absence or upon the expiration of a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- White v. City of MeadvilleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Hastings Water Co. v. Hastings BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Philipsburg Water Co. v. Philipsburg BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Olyphant Sewage-Drainage Co. v. Olyphant BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Boyertown Water Co. v. Boyertown BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
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