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Palmer Water Co. v. Lehighton Water Supply Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 17, 1923No. Appeal, No. 29PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal, No. 29, 1924, by defendant, from decree in equity C. P. Carbon Co., June T., 1912, No. 1, on bill in equity in case of Palmer Water Co. v. Lehighton Water Supply Co. Bill in equity for injunction. Before Garman, J., specially presiding.

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Appeal, No. 29, 1924, by defendant, from decree in equity C. P. Carbon Co., June T., 1912, No. 1, on bill in equity in case of Palmer Water Co. v. Lehighton Water Supply Co. Bill in equity for injunction. Before Garman, J., specially presiding. When this appeal was called for argument counsel for appellant suggested that the record was not in proper condition for review; this suggestion was sustained, and the Supreme Court subsequently filed the following Per Curiam opinion and order.

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

In May, 1919, this record was returned to the court below (see 265 Pa. 199) that “proper and consistent findings of fact” might be made; counsel now again complain that the chancellor, in stating his answers to several requests for findings of fact, has failed to comply with the requirements of our equity rules, and, as a consequence, the record is not in proper condition for review.

In Hoyt v. Kingston Coal Co., 203 Pa. 509, 511, we said, when a request contains a fact which, from the standpoint of the party submitting it, may be material in determining the decree that should be…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Glenn v. J. C. Trees Oil Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  2. Hoyt v. Kingston Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  3. Reid v. ReidSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  4. Palmer Water Co. v. Lehighton Water Supply Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Piper v. QueeneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  2. Emaus Borough v. Security Trust Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1925

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