Brooke v. City of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Bill in equity No. 10, July T., 1894, by Francis M. Brooke, Jesse Lea and William L. Supplee, plaintiffs, against the city of Philadelphia, Edwin S. Stuart, Mayor, and Thomas M. Thompson, City Controller, defendants. Bill to enjoin issuance of certificates of indebtedness. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The case was heard on bill and answer.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
As the contention here affects large public interests, an early final determination of it ought to be had; therefore, at the request of both parties, we have taken original jurisdiction of plaintiff’s bill.
The plaintiffs are citizens and taxpayers of Philadelphia. They aver that the city councils, by ordinance approved March 15,
1894, authorized the creation of a city loan of $6,000,000, for the purpose of ridding the city of steam railroad grade crossings on twenty-four public streets from Broad to Thirtieth, all *125crossings of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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