Huntingdon Borough v. Huntingdon Water Supply Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 137, Jan. T., 1916, by The Huntingdon Water Supply Company, from decree of C. P. Huntingdon Co., May T., 1915, No. 213, in Equity, directing the Borough to appoint arbitrators, in case of The Burgesses and Town Council of the Borough of Huntingdon, in the County of Huntingdon; A. S. Mullin, President of Council; J. C. Hall, J. Gf.
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Appeal, No. 137, Jan. T., 1916, by The Huntingdon Water Supply Company, from decree of C. P. Huntingdon Co., May T., 1915, No. 213, in Equity, directing the Borough to appoint arbitrators, in case of The Burgesses and Town Council of the Borough of Huntingdon, in the County of Huntingdon; A. S. Mullin, President of Council; J. C. Hall, J. Gf. Dell, A. A. Bollinger, B. H. Shaffer, J. W. Snyder, D. M. Stewart, W. C. Wilson, Frank Willoughby, L. R. Brown, S. H. Foster and John Steel, Members of Town Council,' Plaintiffs, v. The Huntingdon Water Supply Company, a Corporation; J. D. Stocker, Frank…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is an appeal by the defendant, the Huntingdon Water Supply Company, from a decree directing it to select two arbitrators to join with two arbitrators selected by the plaintiff, the Borough of Huntingdon, in the selection of a fifth arbitrator for the purpose of appraising the value of defendant’s water plant with a view to its purchase by the borough as provided by the ordinance and contract of May 5, 1885.
Peter Herdic and certain other persons with whom he *312was associated, thereafter to be incorporated as the Huntingdon Water Company, Ltd., desired to…
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