Freeport Brick Co. v. Equitable Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Plaintiff, by its bill, seeks to restrain defendant from appropriating, under the latter’s power of eminent domain, a right-of-way over the former’s land, for the purpose of laying down thereon a pipe line for the transportation of natural gas. The court below refused a preliminary injunction and this appeal followed. Plaintiff contends that defendant, having, through contracts with it and its predecessors in title to the land, secured rights-of-way over portions of the property for pipe-line purposes, is now estopped from condemning additional rights over other parts under its…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gring v. Sinking Spring Water Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- Semple v. Cleveland & Pittsburg RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Burkhard v. Pennsylvania Water Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
3Cited by2 opinions
- Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. v. Violet Trapping Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Commonwealth v. Hess, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Cumberland County1988