Beaver Valley Water Co. v. Conway Borough

Citations

• 213 Pa. 225
• 62 A. 844
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 453

Syllabus

<p>Water companies — Boroughs—Permit from borough.</p> <p>A borough ordinance requiring a water company to obtain a permit from the town council before proceeding to lay its mains through the streets of the borough, is a reasonable regulation. The borough has a right to know what streets are to be occupied, how long they are to be torn up while the company is excavating and laying pipes; and at what place and in what manner the mains are to bo laid.</p> <p>Under such an ordinance the application must bo made to the town council and not to the burgess.</p>