Arbenz v. Wheeling & H. R. Co.

Snyder, President :

The Wheeling & Harrisburg Railway Company, a corporation chartered under the general railroad law of this State, by an ordinance adopted by the council of the city of Wheeling on January 18, 1889, obtained the consent of said city to construct a branch railroad in and upon certain streets of said city. The ordinance among other things authorizes said company to use for the construction and operation of its road a portion of Twentieth street in the city. This street runs east and west near the foot of a high hill. It is constructively sixty feet wide, but owing to the…