City of Philadelphia v. Atlantic & P. Tel. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
On Motion by Defendant to Enter Judgment with the Reduction Specified in the Reserved Point.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.
This is an action brought by the city of Philadelphia to recover license fees charged against the defendant in respect of its poles and wires by virtue of certain ordinances. When the suit was brought, the fees for the year 1885 were more than sis years overdue, and the question for consideration under the reserved point is whether recovery of fees for that year is barred by the Pennsylvania statute of limitations.
The suit is in assumpsit, but, as the practice act of 1887 has applied this name indifferently to the three forms of action that were known as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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