Ben Avon Borough v. Ohio Valley Water Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 186, April T., 1917, by the Ohio Valley Water Company, from order of the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania, Complaints Nos. 335, 415, 416, 417, 496, of 1915, in cases of Ben Avon Borough, McKees Rocks Borough, Bellevue Borough, Avalon Borough, Strnve Township, West View Borough, W. B. Dawson v. Ohio Valley Water Company.
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Appeal, No. 186, April T., 1917, by the Ohio Valley Water Company, from order of the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania, Complaints Nos. 335, 415, 416, 417, 496, of 1915, in cases of Ben Avon Borough, McKees Rocks Borough, Bellevue Borough, Avalon Borough, Strnve Township, West View Borough, W. B. Dawson v. Ohio Valley Water Company. Complaints against Ohio- Valley Water Company on account of schedule of increased rates effective January 1,1914. All of the complaints alleged that the new rates were excessive. After hearing, Rilling, Commissioner, filed the report of the commission,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kepi-tart, J.,
The Ohio Valley Water Company was incorporated in 1903 and in 1904 it purchased the property and franchises of a number of water companies which had charter powers to operate in various parts of the district now supplied by the appellant. The companies then doing business were the Valley Consolidated, Perrysville, and Fleming Park. In May, 1913, the appellant purchased the controlling capital stock of the Monongahela Water Company and later, through sale, the property of the Monongahela Company was transferred to it. On December 30,1913, it adopted a schedule of rates…
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