Independent Natural Gas Co. v. Butler Water Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 158, Oct. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Butler Co., May T., 1903, No. 2, dismissing bill in equity in case of Independent Natural Gas Company v. Butler Water Company. Bill in equity for an injunction. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Dean,
The gas company, the plaintiff company, was formed under the act of May 29, 1885 known as the Natural Gas Act. It was organized in 1888 for the purpose of supplying the population of the borough of Butler in Butler county with light and heat. Its charter route is through Oakland township in that county. Elizabeth Henry and Ebenezer Christie, the ow'ners of two adjoining farms in the township, granted by parol to the company the privilege of laying its gas pipes through their lands and the company so laid them; no compensation was demanded and none was paid. The…
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