Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1899

Borough of Lansdowne v. Delaware County & Philadelphia Electric Railway Co.

Borough of Lansdowne v. Delaware County & Philadelphia Electric Railway Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Decided March 23, 1899 · Oblady, Pobteb, Rice, Smith
9 Pa. Super. 621; 1899 Pa. Super. LEXIS 86

Borough of Lansdowne v. Delaware County & Philadelphia Electric Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Smith,

The essential features of this case are ruled by our decision in The Borough of Ridley' Park v. Citizens’ Electric Light Company, ante, p. 615. The defendant’s first point was rightly refused. The fact that the poles were erected in the street before the borough was created cannot strip the municipality of the powers vested by the act of incorporation nor impair their due execution. This principle is established by cases in the United States Supreme Court and in those of our own Supreme Court.

All the specifications are overruled and the judgment is affirmed.

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