Penn Iron Co. v. City of Lancaster
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 56, Oct. T., 1903, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Lancaster Co., Equity Docket No. 3, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Penn Iron Company, Limited, v. City of Lancaster et al. Bill in equity for an injunction. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The plaintiff is a limited partnership, which owns and operates extensive mills and works in the city of Lancaster, employing about 450 men, and consuming daily over 150,000 gallons of water. The defendant is a municipal corporation, a city of the third class, owning and operating a water plant, and furnishing its citizens with water from its mains and pipes. To conduct this branch of its affairs, there was a special water department created; and ordinances were enacted providing for a system of levying, assessing, and collecting Water taxes. A schedule of water rents was…
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