Crawford County Street Railway Co. v. Meadville
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 284, Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Crawford Co., Feb. T., 1908, No. 79, for plaintiff on case stated in case of Crawford County Street Railway Company v. City of Meadville. Case stated in assumpsit. Before Bouton, P. J., specially presiding. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was judgment of the court on case stated.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
Under a general ordinance all street railways in the city of Meadville were obliged to pave between their rails and one foot on each side. An ordinance was passed granting to the plaintiff company the privilege of constructing a railway on certain streets in that city. It provided: “As a condition to the granting of any franchise to the said company, there shall be paid by the company to the city treasurer, for the use of said city, the sum of one thousand dollars,” and “In case the track of the company shall be laid in any street which has heretofore been…
2Cited by1 opinion
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