43 Pa. Super. 508 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1910
Opinion by
This is an appeal by the borough of North Braddock from the judgment of the court of common pleas reversing, upon certiorari, the judgment of the burgess of the borough in a summary proceeding instituted against the appellees for a violation of a borough ordinance relating to the opening of streets. The appellees were employees-of the ■ Pennsylvania Water Company and were acting under its direction in the opening of the street complained of. The Pennsylvania Water Company is a company chartered under the geiieral laws of the commonwealth relating to water companies, with power to enter upon and occupy the streets of the borough for the purposes of its charter, subject to such regulations adopted by the borough as are referred to or comprehended in the statutes relating to water companies. See the Mountain Water Company v. Borough of Emaus, ante, p. 179.
While many of the technical formalities of summary convictions have long since been dispensed with, there are some essentials which still exist and must appear upon the record. It is still necessary that a summary conviction shall contain a finding that a specific act has been' performed by the defendant, and that it shall describe or define it in such a way as to individuate it and show
The judgment is affirmed.