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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia: Of January Term 1873, No. 56|. This was a bill filed January 23d 1872, by the City of Philadelphia., against the Presbyterian Board of Publication.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia: Of January Term 1873, No. 56|. This was a bill filed January 23d 1872, by the City of Philadelphia., against the Presbyterian Board of Publication. The bill, in substance, set out that the defendants were erecting a building on the south side of Chestnut street, below Broad street, in Philadelphia; had extended the foundation of the building fifteen inches beyond the line of the street, as fixed by the Act of April 8th 1870, and had constructed on the foundation a pediment, and were proceeding to erect piers and columns on it, which would…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sharswood
The affirmance of the decree of the court below might be rested upon the opinion of our brother Paxson, on the motion heard before him to dissolve the injunction. But that our judgment may not be misinterpreted and extended beyond -what is meant to be decided, it may be necessary to add what are the special grounds of this determination.
The cause was set down to be heard on bill and answer. According to the ordinary course of equity practice, that is an admission of the truth of the allegations of fact contained in the answer. It is distinctly alleged by the defendants that the acts…
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