Commonwealth v. Susq. & Del. River R.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE DAUPHIN COUNTY. No. 6 May Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 243 January Term 1886, C. P. On January 6, 1886, a writ of quo warranto issued against an association called The Susquehanna & Delaware River Railroad Company, upon a suggestion filed by Mr. Attorney General Lewis C. Cassidy, that certain persons therein named since August 22, 1881, were pretending to act as directors of an association called The Susquehanna & Delaware River…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE DAUPHIN COUNTY. No. 6 May Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 243 January Term 1886, C. P. On January 6, 1886, a writ of quo warranto issued against an association called The Susquehanna & Delaware River Railroad Company, upon a suggestion filed by Mr. Attorney General Lewis C. Cassidy, that certain persons therein named since August 22, 1881, were pretending to act as directors of an association called The Susquehanna & Delaware River Railroad Company, and claimed to possess and enjoy the franchises, corporate rights and privileges of The Pennsylvania…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Williams :
This case involves the title of the defendant company to the franchises, right of way, and other property of the Pensnylvania and New England Railroad Co. The facts on which the controversy arises are as follows : On May 5, 1880, the Pennsylvania and New England Railroad Co. was organized under the general railroad laws of the commonwealth. What became of its capital stock, if it was honestly organized, or in what manner the laws were evaded, if it was not, are subjects upon which the paper-books afford no light; but on June 1st, about as soon as the blanks could…
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