Holly Manuf'g Co. v. New Chester Water Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
In Equity. • Bill- by the Holly Manufacturing Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York, and having its principal place of business in the city of Lockport in county of Niagara, and a citizen of the state of New York, against the New Chester Water Company; the South Chester Water Company; W. G. Hopper and Harry S. Hopper, trading as W. G. Hopper & Sons; William Bucknell; Richard Wood, George Wood, Walter Wood, and Stuart Wood, trading as R. D.…
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In Equity. • Bill- by the Holly Manufacturing Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York, and having its principal place of business in the city of Lockport in county of Niagara, and a citizen of the state of New York, against the New Chester Water Company; the South Chester Water Company; W. G. Hopper and Harry S. Hopper, trading as W. G. Hopper & Sons; William Bucknell; Richard Wood, George Wood, Walter Wood, and Stuart Wood, trading as R. D. Wood & Co,; the Bienville Water Supply Company, (after-wards, James H. Little, Craig Lippincott, and Harry S. Hopper,…
1Opinion of the CourtAcheson, J.
The proofs in this case are unusually voluminous, and the transactions thereby disclosed are many and complicated. Some matters which we regard as immaterial to the real issues we will not discuss or mention. The controlling facts we find to be as follows:
in the year 1885 charters of incorporation were obtained for four water companies, namely, the New Chester Water Company, the South Chester Water Company, the Penn Water Company, and the Upland Wrater Company, formed for the purpose of furnishing water for public and domestic use to the city of Chester and adjacent boroughs, in Delaware…
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