Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph & Telephone Company's License Fees
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 189, Oct. T.,1907, by The Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph & Telephone Company, from decree of C. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1906, No. 172, on petition. Petition of the Delaware &' Atlantic Telegraph & Telephone Company to determine the reasonableness of license fees imposed by the borough of Sharon Hill. Before Johnson, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 189, Oct. T.,1907, by The Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph & Telephone Company, from decree of C. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1906, No. 172, on petition. Petition of the Delaware &' Atlantic Telegraph & Telephone Company to determine the reasonableness of license fees imposed by the borough of Sharon Hill. Before Johnson, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court below entered the following decree: And now, to wit, October 8, 1907, the foregoing exceptions filed by The Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph & Telephone Company are hereby dismissed, and it is…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The Act of April 17,1905, P. L. 183, provides that where any dispute shall arise between a municipality and any telegraph, telephone, light or power company as to the amount of a license fee named in any ordinance for the inspection and regulation, under the police power of such municipality, of the poles, wires, conduits or cables of such company, either party may apply by petition to the court of common pleas of the proper county, to determine the said dispute. After providing the process to bring the other party into court, and for pleadings to raise the issues of fact…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Pottsville Borough v. Pottsville Gas Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Kittanning Borough v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
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