Legal Opinion

Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania's Appeal

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 15, 1939No. Appeal, 111PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

This is an appeal by Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania from an order of a court of quarter sessions dismissing an appeal where that court reviewed and sustained the validity of an ordinance of the borough of Eldred, the effect of which ordinance was to require the telephone company to remove its wires from a portion of Main Street in the borough or place the wires in a conduit under that street. We are in accord with the conclusion of the court below.

The telephone company, or its predecessor, has been serving the public and occupying the streets of the borough since…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Bros.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Philadelphia Electric Co. v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  3. Cameron v. City of CarbondaleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Jehovah's Witnesses AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  2. Kacar, Inc. v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Commonwealth v. KatzSomerset County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1962
  4. Pa. Electric Co. v. City of ErieErie County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1959

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