Bridgewater Borough v. Big Beaver Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 184, Oct. T., 1904, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Beaver Co., Sept. T., 1904, No. 1, on bill in equity in ease of Bridgewater Borough v. President, Managers and Company for erecting a bridge over Big Beaver Creek at or near Wolf Lane, in the county of Beaver, a corporation, James G. Mitchell, E. S. Weyand and Ira Foster, toll takers, agents, collectors or employees. Bill in equity for an injunction.
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Appeal, No. 184, Oct. T., 1904, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Beaver Co., Sept. T., 1904, No. 1, on bill in equity in ease of Bridgewater Borough v. President, Managers and Company for erecting a bridge over Big Beaver Creek at or near Wolf Lane, in the county of Beaver, a corporation, James G. Mitchell, E. S. Weyand and Ira Foster, toll takers, agents, collectors or employees. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Wilson, P. J. The bill prayed for an injunction to restrain tlie defendant and its agents from collecting tolls for the use of the defendant’s bridge over Big Beaver…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The proceedings to condemn the bridge of the appellant company were instituted in the court of quarter sessions of Beaver county under the Act of May 8, 1876, P. L. 131, as amended by the Act of May 3, 1878, P. L. .41. The original act is entitled “ An act to authorize the acquisition by the several counties of this commonwealth for the use of the county, of bridges erected over rivers, creeks and rivulets, and for the abolition of tolls thereon.” The supplement of 1878, according to its title, is “ designed to amend the third section,” of the act of 1876.
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