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LEHIGH WATER CO. v. EASTON

121 U.S. 388 (1887)

LEHIGH WATER COMPANY v. EASTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 1887.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward J. Fox and Mr. Edward J. Fox, Jr., for plaintiff in error

Mr. Robert I. Jones for defendants in error. Mr. William S. Kirkpatrick for the water commissioners of Easton, and Mr. Frank Reeder and Mr. William Beidelman, for the borough of Easton.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

For many years prior to June 21, 1880, the Lehigh Water Company, a corporation organized, under the laws of Pennsylvania, by the purchasers at judicial sale of the rights, powers, privileges, and franchises of the West Ward Company, also a Pennsylvania corporation, maintained a system of water works whereby the inhabitants of the borough of Easton, in that Commonwealth...

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