City of Philadelphia v. McManes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 16, Jan. T., 1896, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1895, No. 714, dismissing bill in equity. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the construction of a passenger railway on Fairmount Park.
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Appeal, No. 16, Jan. T., 1896, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1895, No. 714, dismissing bill in equity. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the construction of a passenger railway on Fairmount Park. Thayer, P. J., filed the following opinion: A bill has been brought in this court in the^name of the city of Philadelphia and by the direction of city councils, against the commissioners of Fairmount Park and others, to enjoin the building of a passenger railway within the confines of the park. This road is proposed to be constructed, not by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
We find nothing in this record to justify a reversal or modification of the decree dismissing the bill at plaintiff’s costs. The questions involved — so far as they are at all material — were carefully considered and correctly decided by the court below.. All that can be profitably said in relation to either of them will be found in the clear, concise and exhaustive opinion of its learned president. On that opinion, the decree is affirmed and appeal dismissed with costs to be paid by the plaintiff.
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