Legal Opinion

In re Municipal Authorities

Pennsylvania Department of Justice

Decided December 3, 1941PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Morgan, Deputy Attorney General,

This department is in receipt of your request

to be advised regarding certain matters relating to the administration of the Public Utility Law of May 28, 1937, P. L. 1053, 66 PS §1101 et seq. You have submitted three questions for our consideration which will be stated and answered seriatim:

“1. Whether or not the furnishing of water service by an ‘Authority’ organized under the Municipal Authorities Act of 1935, P. L. 463, as amended, beyond the ‘corporate limits’ of the municipality organizing the ‘Authority’ constitutes the furnishing of service *13beyond the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  3. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Louisville Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
  4. Clarke v. MathewsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
  5. Southern Pacific Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Simon AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962

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