State Supreme Court / Pa.

Shirk v. Lancaster City

Decided May 23, 1933. John W. Kephart wrote the opinion for the court.

169 A. 557 · Cited 101 times

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Central Iron & Steel Co. v. Harrisburg · 271 Pa. 340
City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co. · 212 U.S. 1
Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. North Carolina Corporation Comm'n · 206 U.S. 1
Keller v. Potomac Electric Power Co. · 261 U.S. 428
New Orleans v. New Orleans Water Works Co. · 142 U.S. 79
Terminal Railroad Ass'n v. United States · 266 U.S. 17
Stanislaus County v. San Joaquin & King's River Canal & Irrigation Co. · 192 U.S. 201
Board of Comm'rs of Tippecanoe Cty. v. Lucas · 93 U.S. 108
State ex rel. White v. Barker · 116 Iowa 96
People of the State of N.Y. v. . Ingersoll · 58 N.Y. 1
Springfield Gas & Electric Co. v. City of Springfield · 257 U.S. 66
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Benn · 131 A. 253
Barnes Laundry Co. v. Pittsburgh · 266 Pa. 24
Suburban Water Co. v. Oakmont Borough · 268 Pa. 243
Commonwealth v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. · 134 A. 452
Reigle v. Smith · 134 A. 380
Ben Avon Borough v. Ohio Valley Water Co. · 271 Pa. 346
Murta v. Reilly · 274 Pa. 584
Consolidated Ice Co. v. Pittsburgh · 274 Pa. 558

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