Commonwealth v. Uwchlan Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 117, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of G. P. Chester Co., Oct. T., 1901, No. 13, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Commonwealth ex rel. John P. Elkin, Attorney General, v. Uwchlan Street Railway Company. Quo warranto against a street railway company.
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Appeal, No. 117, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of G. P. Chester Co., Oct. T., 1901, No. 13, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Commonwealth ex rel. John P. Elkin, Attorney General, v. Uwchlan Street Railway Company. Quo warranto against a street railway company. The writ was as follows : To the sheriff of said county, greeting: We command you that you summon the Uwchlan Street Railway Company, so that it be and appear before our court of common pleas, to be holden at West Chester, in and for the said county of Chester, on October 28, next, and then and there to show by what…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Under the general railway act of 1889, and supplements, a charter was issued June 10, 1901, to the Coatesville & Downingtown Railway Company to construct its road, on a route including Brandywine avenue in ' Downingtown to Lancaster avenue, a distance of 1,600 feet. On June 26,1901, an exemplification for an extension on Wallace avenue to the northern limits of the borough, a distance of 2,600 feet, was filed in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth. On July 10, 1901, the appellant, the Uwchlan Railway Company, took out a charter to construct its railway on a route…
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