Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. v. Shenandoah Borough

Opinion by

Mk. Justice Horace Stern,

Judged by any reasonable standard of speed in the administration of justice the record of this litigation leaves much to be desired. The action was started in 1940, — a suit in assumpsit to recover the balance due for electric light and power furnished by the Pennsylvania Power & Light Company to the Borough of Shenandoah from March 1, 1933, to November 30, 1940. Although there is nothing to indicate that the facts were particularly complicated there have been two trials, one lasting from May 18 to June 5,1942, the other from May 19 to June 11, 1947, and yet…