Lehigh Water Company's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton ■comity: In Equity : Of January Term 1883, No. 63. Bill in equity, filed May 23d 1882, by the Lehigh Water Company against the Corporation of the borough of Easton, and the Board of Water Commissioners of the borough of East-on, praying for an injunction preliminary until hearing, and after final hearing perpetual, to restrain the corporation of the borough of Easton and the Town Council of said borough from constructing…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton ■comity: In Equity : Of January Term 1883, No. 63. Bill in equity, filed May 23d 1882, by the Lehigh Water Company against the Corporation of the borough of Easton, and the Board of Water Commissioners of the borough of East-on, praying for an injunction preliminary until hearing, and after final hearing perpetual, to restrain the corporation of the borough of Easton and the Town Council of said borough from constructing or providing public water works, or from appropriating any money for the construction of said ° water-works, and the said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
This was an appeal from the refusal of the corirt below to grant a special injunction. With a view to obtain a decision of this court upon the whole case, an agreement was filed at bar giving to the decision below the effect of a final decree. We will therefore treat it as a decree entered upon a general demurrer to the bill. This admits all the facts sufficiently averred by the plaintiffs, which places them in as favorable a position as they could desire;
The plaintiffs seek to restrain the borough of Easton (defendants) from erecting water-works for the purpose of supplying said borough with…
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