Metzger v. Borough of Beaver Falls

Citations

• 178 Pa. 1
• 35 A. 1134
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 1122

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Boroughs — Water companies — Waterworks — Acts of April 29, 1874, and May 28, 1874.</p> <p>Where a water company has been organized under the act of April 29, 1874, P. L. 73, to supply a borough with water and the borough has entered into a contract with the company, and permitted it to lay its pipes, the borough cannot subsequently erect and maintain waterworks to supply its citizens with water, as provided by the act of May 23, 1874, P. L. 261. If the borough desires to change the method of supplying its citizens with water it has the power, after twenty years, to purchase the works in the mode provided by law.</p>