New York & Pennsylvania Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 274, Oct. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Potter Co., June T., 1908, No. 108, dismissing petition to determine license fees in case of New York & Pennsylvania Telephone & Telegraph Company, now The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, v. Coudersport Borough. Petition under the Act of April 17, 1905, P. L. 183, to determine the reasonableness of license fees. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 274, Oct. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Potter Co., June T., 1908, No. 108, dismissing petition to determine license fees in case of New York & Pennsylvania Telephone & Telegraph Company, now The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, v. Coudersport Borough. Petition under the Act of April 17, 1905, P. L. 183, to determine the reasonableness of license fees. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was order dismissing the petition.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff presented to the court below a petition averring that a dispute had arisen between it and the defendant borough as to whether the amount of the license fees imposed by a certain ordinance for the inspection and regulation of the poles and wires of the petitioner maintained upon the borough streets, was reasonable, and praying the court to “determine the amount of annual license *48fees which should be paid to the said municipal corporation in order to properly compensate it for the necessary cost of the services performed, or to be performed, by it, for the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph & Telephone Co.'s PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
- Braddock Borough v. Allegheny County Telephone Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Pittsburg & Allegheny Telephone Co. v. Braddock BoroughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph & Telephone Company's License FeesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Nanticoke Borough v. Bell Telephone Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
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