Legal Opinion

Westerhoff Bros. v. Ephrata Borough

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County

Decided April 14, 1923Published

1Opinion of the Court

Hassler, J.,

— The demurrer filed in this case makes three objections to plaintiff’s bill. The first is that the bill sets forth no equitable cause for relief. The only reason urged in support of this is that a copy of an ordinance of the defendant borough, which, it is said, contains the terms under which electricity is supplied to the citizens, has not been attached to the bill. We do not think it was necessary for the plaintiff to have done this, as the *106equity rules do not require it. The plaintiff asks for a decree in its favor because the defendant makes a difference in the rate charged…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hoover v. Penna. R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  2. Central Iron & Steel Co. v. HarrisburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  3. Richmond Natural Gas Co. v. ClawsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Hutchinson v. DennisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
  5. Consolidated Ice Co. v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922

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