Emerson & Penn Fuel Co. v. Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney General
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, 1884, No. 72. Quo warranto, by the Commonwealth, ex rel. the Attorney-General, against Edward O. Emerson et al., and the so-called “ Penn Fuel Company,” requiring the defendants to show by what authority they claim to' possess and exercise the franchises, etc., of a corporation called the Penn Fuel Company within the county of Allegheny fo.r the purpose of “supplying heat to the…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, 1884, No. 72. Quo warranto, by the Commonwealth, ex rel. the Attorney-General, against Edward O. Emerson et al., and the so-called “ Penn Fuel Company,” requiring the defendants to show by what authority they claim to' possess and exercise the franchises, etc., of a corporation called the Penn Fuel Company within the county of Allegheny fo.r the purpose of “supplying heat to the public within the city of Pittsburgh by means of natural gas conveyed from such counties as may be convenient.” The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
This proceeding originated in an information filed by the Attorney General, against the defendants, alleging that they claimed.to exercise the franchises, rights and privileges of a corporation called the Penn Fuel Company, formed for the purpose of supplying heat to the public within the city of Pittsburgh by means of natural gas conveyed from such adjoining counties as may be convenient. The information denies that the respondents were ever incorporated, and that the Penn Fuel Company exists in law, and alleges that any pretended franchise, rights or privileges claimed by. the re*122spondents…
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