Atticks v. Riverton Consolidated Water Co.

Citations

• 232 Pa. 551
• 81 A. 707
• 1911 Pa. LEXIS 761

Syllabus

<p>Water company — Increase of rates — Contract—Equity—Findings of fact — Dismissal of bill — Municipality—Equity.</p> <p>A bill in equity to restrain a water company from instituting a new scale of rates on the ground that the defendant is exacting unreasonable, extortionate and discriminating charges for the supply of water and that in raising the rates it was violating a contract made by the borough with the party under whom it claims, is properly dismissed where there is no testimony whatever in support of the allegations of extortion and discrimination and the court finds that the evidence is insufficient to justify the conclusion that there had been a violation of the contract set up.</p>