Hinchman v. Phila. & West Chester Turnpike Road
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 259, Jan. T., 1894, by plaintiff, 'Charles S. Hinchman, from decree of C. P. Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1893, No. 4, dismissing bill in equity. Bill to restrain rebuilding of railroad.
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Appeal, No. 259, Jan. T., 1894, by plaintiff, 'Charles S. Hinchman, from decree of C. P. Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1893, No. 4, dismissing bill in equity. Bill to restrain rebuilding of railroad. Plaintiff by his bill averred that he was a stockholder of defendant company, and that the company had purchased the rights and franchises of the Delaware County Passenger Railroad Co. in the year 1865, and had operated the railroad until November of that year, when the cars, horses and harness were sold; that since that time the railroad has not been in operation. That in March, 1893, defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb,. Justice Green,
By the act of March 15, 1865, P. L. 356, the defendant corporation was expressly authorized and empowered to purchase the road, property and franchises of the Delaware County Passenger Railroad Company at any judicial sale thereof to be thereafter had. The act declared that the said turnpike road company should thereupon become and be the absolute owners of said road, property and franchises, and invested with the like powers, privileges and immunities, and subject to the same restrictions and conditions as the passenger railroad company was, before such sale,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. Allegheny Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
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