Case Name: The Borough of Lansdowne v. The Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway Company, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1899-03-23
Citations: 9 Pa. Super. 621
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 105
Parties: The Borough of Lansdowne v. The Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway Company, Appellant.
Judges: Before Rice, P. J., Oblady, Smith, W. W. Pobteb and W. D. Pobteb, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 621–621

Head Matter:
The Borough of Lansdowne v. The Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway Company, Appellant.
Argued Nov. 28, 1898.
March 23, 1899:
Appeal, No. 105, Oct. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., June T., 1897, ■ No. 2, on verdict for plaintiff.
Before Rice, P. J., Oblady, Smith, W. W. Pobteb and W. D. Pobteb, JJ.
Affirmed.
Opinion by Smith, J.
Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $132.90. Defendant appealed.
J. B. Hannum, for appellant.
L. L. Smith, for appellee.

Opinion:
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.