Centre Hall Water Co. v. Borough of Centre Hall
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 387, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Centre Co., Nov. T., 1897, No. 151, dissolving preliminary injunction. Bill in equity by a water company for an injunction to restrain a borough and its corporate officers from erecting and operating rival waterworks.
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Appeal, No. 387, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Centre Co., Nov. T., 1897, No. 151, dissolving preliminary injunction. Bill in equity by a water company for an injunction to restrain a borough and its corporate officers from erecting and operating rival waterworks. The facts appear by the opinion of the court, Love, P. J., dissolving a preliminary injunction, which was as follows: The complainant filed its bill in tins case, averring that it was duly incorporated by Act of Assembly March 17,1858, P. L. 1859, page 799, and under the provisions of the Act of March 11, 1857,…
1Opinion of the Court
Peb Cttbiam,
So far as the facts of this case are material to the questions presented by the assignments of error, they appear to be fully and accurately stated by the learned president of the common pleas and need not be recited here ; and, as to the conclusions drawn from the facts thus established, we are all of opinion that the plaintiff companj'' is not now and never was invested with any exclusive right or authority to furnish a supply of water to the defendant borough, either by virtue of its charter rights or in consequence of anything that has been done thereunder by the parties or…
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