Commonwealth v. Peoples Natural Gas Co.

Citations

• 73 Pa. Super. 66
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 175

Syllabus

<p>Public service corporation — Natural gas companies — Indictment for nuisance — Act of May 29,1885, P. L. 29.</p> <p>The Act of May 29, 1886, P. L. 29, providing for the incorporation of natural gas companies does not exempt such companies from criminal prosecution for maintaining a puisance. Section 12 of said act provides for a particular method t>f determining disputes between natural gas companies and the. municipalities through which they extend their lines. There is nothing in the act which exempts such companies from prosecution in tbe criminal courts and an indictment ■which sufficiently^charges the defendant company with maintaining a nuisance will be sustained.</p>