Boyle v. Smithman
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Butler County
No. 244 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 24 December Term 1888, C. P. On April 9, 1888, P. C. Boyle, for use of himself and the county of Venango, brought assumpsit against J. B. Smithman, to No. 164 April Term 1888 of the Court of Common Pleas of Venango county, to recover penalties under the act of May 22, 1878, P. L. 104, for not posting in the office of defendant the monthly statements required by § 5 of said act to be posted in the principal business office…
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No. 244 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 24 December Term 1888, C. P. On April 9, 1888, P. C. Boyle, for use of himself and the county of Venango, brought assumpsit against J. B. Smithman, to No. 164 April Term 1888 of the Court of Common Pleas of Venango county, to recover penalties under the act of May 22, 1878, P. L. 104, for not posting in the office of defendant the monthly statements required by § 5 of said act to be posted in the principal business office of every corporation, etc., and person engaged “ in the business of transporting by pipe lines or storing crude or…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Williams :
The transportation and storage of petroleum are regulated by the act of May 22, 1878. Among other provisions to be found in it is one that requires every corporation, association, person, or persons engaged in the business of transporting crude or refined petroleum by means of pipe lines, or storing it in tanks, to make and post conspicuously in the principal business office of such corporation, association, person, or persons a monthly statement showing the quantity of crude and refined petroleum on hand at the beginning and at the close of the previous month,…
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