McGee's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Commou Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county, in equity. Of October Term 1886, No. 67. Tliis is an appeal by Peter McGee from the decree of said court sustaining a demurrer to a bill in equity, and dismissing said bill, wherein Peter McGee was plaintiff, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. and the city of Pittsburgh were defendants.
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Appeal from the Court of Commou Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county, in equity. Of October Term 1886, No. 67. Tliis is an appeal by Peter McGee from the decree of said court sustaining a demurrer to a bill in equity, and dismissing said bill, wherein Peter McGee was plaintiff, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. and the city of Pittsburgh were defendants. The plaintiff complained in bis bill substantially that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, under a contract with the city of Pittsburgh, through her council, who claimed to have the power to make said contract under the Act of April 15th, 1869,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
This is an appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county, sustaining a demurrer to a bill in Equity. The prayer of the bill was for an injunction to restrain the city of ¡Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company'from tearing down a bridge which formed part of Washington street, upon which street plaintiff’s property abutted.
By an Act of Assembly approved 15th April, 1869, entitled “an Act to authorize the Select and Common Councils of the ciby^ of Pittsburgh to vacate streets and alleys in said city,” it was provided in the first section, “ that the Councils of…
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