Philadelphia & Erie Railroad v. Catawissa Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
These were bills in equity, filed in the Nisi Prius, in December 1865, Nos. 28 and 40 to January Term 1866. On the 11th of January 1866 the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company and the East Pennsylvania Railroad Company were, on their petition, made defendants by order of the court, and on the 28th of March the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company of Pennsylvania were by agreement of counsel made defendants.
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These were bills in equity, filed in the Nisi Prius, in December 1865, Nos. 28 and 40 to January Term 1866. On the 11th of January 1866 the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company and the East Pennsylvania Railroad Company were, on their petition, made defendants by order of the court, and on the 28th of March the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company of Pennsylvania were by agreement of counsel made defendants. The first bill set out the lease of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad to the Pennsylvania Railroad ; the construction and use by the Catawissa Railroad Company of a railroad…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered on the by
Mr. Justice Read.
The real question ’ in this case is whether the railroads of the Atlantic and Great Westérn Railway Company and the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company are connecting roads within the meaning of the Acts of Assembly of the 13th March 1847, the 29th March 1859, and the 23d April 1861; for, if they are such connecting roads, then the' first-named road is connected by means' of an intervening railroad with the Catawissa Railroad, which is unquestionably directly connected with the road of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad…
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