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Pennsylvania Railroad v. Bogert

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 10, 1904No. Appeal, No. 270PublishedCited by 52 opinions

Appeal, No. 270, Jan. T., 1908, by-plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Columbia Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 3, dissolving injunction in case of Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. William Bogert, George W. Sterner, W. H. Fisher, Commissioners of Columbia County, and Samuel Knecht and William J. Hosier, Supervisors of Mifflin Township, Charles Reimard, Contractor, and the King Bridge Company, Subcontractor. Bill in equity for an injunction.

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Appeal, No. 270, Jan. T., 1908, by-plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Columbia Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 3, dissolving injunction in case of Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. William Bogert, George W. Sterner, W. H. Fisher, Commissioners of Columbia County, and Samuel Knecht and William J. Hosier, Supervisors of Mifflin Township, Charles Reimard, Contractor, and the King Bridge Company, Subcontractor. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Little, P. J. The_ case is stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree dissolving injunction.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Dean,

It is impossible to gather a clear chronological history of this case from the jumbled-up records in the paper-books before us. It seems, there were proceedings- in the court of quarter sessions to No. 7, December sessions, 1900, whereby the county commissioners were authorized to construct a county bridge across the Susquehanna river at Mifflinville in Columbia county. We gather from the paper-book in No. 114, January term, 1903, that the viewers and reviewers appointed by the quarter sessions reported in favor of a grade crossing at the southern approach thereto.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Appeal of the Brush Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
  2. Shillito v. ShillitoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  3. Drake v. LacoeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  4. Stoever v. ImmellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1832
  5. Bank of Virginia v. Adams, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1850

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Philadelphia Life Insurance v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. Zerbe Township School District v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  3. Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce v. TorquatoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  4. Sears v. Scranton Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  5. Schrader v. HeathSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962

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