Brymer v. Butler Water Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 244, Oct. T., 1895, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Butler Co., June T., 1895, No. 2, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to restrain the collection of water rents and to compel a water company to supply better water.
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Appeal, No. 244, Oct. T., 1895, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Butler Co., June T., 1895, No. 2, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to restrain the collection of water rents and to compel a water company to supply better water. The bill averred that plaintiffs were citizens of the borough of Butler, and that the defendant was a corporation organized under the act of April 29, 1874, for the purpose of supplying the borough of Butler with pure water, and that the said corporation by its charter and ordinances of the borough had the exclusive right to furnish the supply of water to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
This bill was filed under the provisions of the corporation act of 1874. It alleges the incorporation of the company defendant in pursuance of the provisions of that act as a water companjr; the fact that it has been engaged in furnishing a supply of water to the borough of Butler for about seventeen years; and that the water furnished during the dry weather of 1898 and 1894 was muddy and unfit for domestic use, and that the water then being furnished was “ impure, filthy and absolutely unfit for use for domestic or other purposes.” The answer denies that the…
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