Metropolitan Edison Co. v. Berks County

Mays, P. J.,

This is a suit in assumpsit brought by the Metropolitan Edison Company to recover for the lighting of the Bingaman Street Bridge.

Plaintiff’s statement of claim sets forth that on July 12,1944, the parties entered into a contract whereby the Metropolitan Edison Company agreed to light the bridge known as the Bingaman Street Bridge crossing the Schuylkill River, located in the City of Reading, Berks County, Pa., with electricity from underground distribution facilities by means of incandescent lamps, for a period of years, to wit, from July 1, 1944, to July 1, 1954, and defendant…