Frackville Sewerage Co. v. James

Houck, J.,

On August 18, 1931, the Sanitary Water Board of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issued a permit to the Borough of Frackville approving proposed sewers to serve the borough and granting permission to discharge sewage into certain *563waters of the State, excluding Little Mahanoy Creek, for a limited period of time. Subsequently, on September 8, 1931, the borough and George A. Haupt, Jr., executed a contract whereby the borough agreed, inter alia, to grant to Haupt, by appropriate ordinance, “the right to construct a sewer system under certain streets, alleys and highways of the said…