Buffalo Township v. Jones

OPINION

Justice CAPPY.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court properly granted a permanent injunction in favor of Appellee, Buffalo Township, prohibiting Appellants from interfering with Buffalo Township’s recreational trail along a 20.7-mile right-of-way formerly known as the Butler Branch of the railroad that was operated by the Consolidated Rail Corporation (hereafter “Conrail”). The Commonwealth Court affirmed the trial court’s order. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the lower courts’ grant of the permanent injunction in favor of Buffalo Township.

In the late 1860’s, the…