Appeals of the City of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county. In equity, No. 2. The bill in equity was filed in this ease June 12th 1874, by Peter A. Quin against the City of Philadelphia, Peter A. B. Widener, city treasurer, Samuel L. Smedley, chief engineer and surveyor, and A. B. Burton.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county. In equity, No. 2. The bill in equity was filed in this ease June 12th 1874, by Peter A. Quin against the City of Philadelphia, Peter A. B. Widener, city treasurer, Samuel L. Smedley, chief engineer and surveyor, and A. B. Burton. The bill avers that in June 1874 an ordinance was passed by councils of Philadelphia apropriating $6881.45 to pay for the completion of the bridge over the West Chester Railroad at its intersection with Darby road; that its contractor was A. B.-Burton; that plaintiff had expended $4800 in said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
Peter H. Quin filed this bill against the City of Philadeljfiiia, Peter A. B. Widener, city treasurer, Samuel L. Smedley, chief engineer and surveyor, and A. B. Burton. Three days thereafter, the bill was so amended as to make Samuel P. Hancock a party defendant. On the final hearing, the bill as to Widener was dismissed with costs; but it was adjudged and decreed that the City of Philadelphia, Smedley, Burton and Hancock should each pay to Quin the sum of $4601.22, together with costs of suit. From that decree, the City, Smedley and Hancock severally appealed, and they were argued together.
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