Philadelphia Suburban Co. v. Lansdale Borough
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
Hearing on bill, answer, replication and proofs. C. P. Montgomery Co., June T., 1921, No. 2, in Equity.
1Opinion of the Court
Swartz, P. J.,
The plaintiff company has the chartered right to supply electricity to the inhabitants of the Township of Upper Gwynedd, in Montgomery County.
The Borough of Lansdale owns and operates an electric plant and furnishes electric current to consumers outside of its borough limits in said Township of Upper Gwynedd. Such service includes the construction of lines and the supply of current and power to the other defendant, the said W. Frank Vaughn, at his brick plant.
The plaintiff contends that such service to Mr. Vaughn by the said borough is unlawful, and the bill prays for a decree…
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