Kensington Electric Co. v. City of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 369, Jan. T., 1897, by defendants, from order of C. P. No. 4, Pbila. Co., Sept. T., 1897, No. 22, entering judgment in favor of relator on petition for mandamus. Petition for mandamus.
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Appeal, No. 369, Jan. T., 1897, by defendants, from order of C. P. No. 4, Pbila. Co., Sept. T., 1897, No. 22, entering judgment in favor of relator on petition for mandamus. Petition for mandamus. From tbe record it appeared that on October 22,1896, a petition was filed by the Kensington Electric Company as relator, for a writ of alternative mandamus upon the city of Philadelphia, and Frank M. Riter, director of the department of public safety, commanding the latter to forthwith affix his signature to four warrants in favor of the Kensington Electric Company, for the respective amounts of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
The Kensington Electric Company has a contract with the city of Philadelphia for lighting the streets in the territory defined therein. It has claims against the city in the form of monthly bills for work done under the contract in June, July, August and September, 1896, and it alleges that the director of the department of public safety refuses to make the indorsements *449and orders necessary to enable it to obtain warrants for them. The refusal is admitted and the grounds of it will be hereinafter stated. By an ordinance of councils approved by the mayor on the…
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