Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Keystone Pipe Line Co.
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County
Decided April 5, 1934No. 16PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Hargest, P. J.,
The Commonwealth has filed a suggestion in quo warranto calling upon the defendant company to show by what authority it has exercised the right of eminent domain in the construction of a pipe line for the purpose of transporting petroleum and refined petroleum products. An answer was filed averring statutory authority.
Findings of fact
1. J. W. Van Dyke, W. M. Irish and R. C. Tuttle presented to the Secretary of the Commonwealth on or about April 7, 1931, articles of association for the purpose of procuring the charter of the defendant company under the General Corporation Law of…
2Cases cited55 opinions
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- Williams v. Standard Oil Co. of La.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Reynolds v. McMan Oil & Gas Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1928
- The Pipe Line CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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