Whiteman v. Fayette Fuel-Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Whiteman v. Fayette Fuel-Gas Co., 139 Pa. 492 (Pa. 1891)
20 A. 1062; 1891 Pa. LEXIS 1018
Clark, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Paxson, Sterrett, Williams
Whiteman v. Fayette Fuel-Gas Co.
Opinion of the Court
The decree is reversed at the costs of the appellee, and it is now ordered that a preliminary injunction issue as prayed for in plaintiff’s bill, upon security being entered in the usual manner, in the sum of $5,000.
It is proper to observe that such injunction is only mandatory to the extent of restoring the status quo as it existed on
Decree reversed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- L. P. WHITEMAN v. FAYETTE FUEL-GAS CO.
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- 20 cases
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- Published
- Syllabus
- (a) A contract between a natural-gas company and the owner of a glass works provided that the former should supply gas for fuel to the latter, “ for all purposes connected with the manufacture of the wares aforesaid, .... so long as natural gas may continue to be produced from the territory now or hereafter owned or operated by” the former, “its successors or assigns: ” 1. On a bill averring that, relying on the contract, the plaintiff’s works had been constructed for the use of natural gas only as fuel, and that the company had shut off the entire supply while the works were in operation, endangering loss incapable of accurate adjustment, it was error to refuse a preliminary injunction mandatory to the extent of restoring the status quo.*