Windsor Glass Co. v. Carnegie Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 149, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1901, No. 894, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Windsor Glass Company v. The Carnegie Company, Union Railroad Company, Carnegie Steel Company, J. H. Reed, James Gayley, A. M. Moreland, P. C. Knox, George F. Mc-Cague, R. A. Franks and William J. Post. Bill in equity for an injunction.
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Appeal, No. 149, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1901, No. 894, dismissing bill in equity, in case of Windsor Glass Company v. The Carnegie Company, Union Railroad Company, Carnegie Steel Company, J. H. Reed, James Gayley, A. M. Moreland, P. C. Knox, George F. Mc-Cague, R. A. Franks and William J. Post. Bill in equity for an injunction. Shaeer, J., found the facts to be as follows : The bill is by the owner of lands, part of which the Union Railroad Company claims the right to take for railroad purposes under its alleged right of eminent…
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Me. Justice Mitchell,
The Act of June 19,1871, P. L. 1360, gives courts the right of inquiry, at the instance of private parties, into the existence and extent of franchises conferred by corporate charters when the latter are set up in support of acts injurious to the individual parties complaining. The language is, “ in all proceedings .... in which it is alleged that the private rights of individuals, or the rights or franchises of other corporations, are injured or invaded by any corporation claiming to have a right or franchise to do the act from which such injury results, it…
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