Bland v. Tipton Water Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 318, Jan. T., 1907, by-plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Blair Co., Equity Docket D., No. 567, dismissing bill in equity in case of Fred Bland v. The Tipton Water Company, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company and The American Pipe Manufacturing Company. Bill in equity for an injunction. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
This bill, which was filed under the Act of June 19, 1871, P. L. 1360, was properly dismissed by the court below. It was not necessary to determine what rights had been acquired by the Tipton Water Company from the Merivale Water Supply Company, or to discuss those possessed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company under the Acts of April 15, 1859, P. L. 679, and April 22, 1905, P. L. 264. The limit of the court’s inquiry in this proceeding was to ascertain whether the Tipton Water Company, the real defendant, did, in fact, possess the right or franchise to do the act…
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