Moers v. City of Reading
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was a bill in equity presented and filed in the Supreme Court at Harrisburg, in June, 1853, at the instance of John F. Moers, Lewis Briner, and others, who were represented to be owners of real and personal estate within the limits of the city of Reading, in the county of Berks, Pennsylvania, and tax-payers and citizens of said city, acting on behalf of themselves, and all other citizens and tax-payers of said city who shall come in and contribute to the expenses of the…
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This was a bill in equity presented and filed in the Supreme Court at Harrisburg, in June, 1853, at the instance of John F. Moers, Lewis Briner, and others, who were represented to be owners of real and personal estate within the limits of the city of Reading, in the county of Berks, Pennsylvania, and tax-payers and citizens of said city, acting on behalf of themselves, and all other citizens and tax-payers of said city who shall come in and contribute to the expenses of the suit, against the Mayor, Alder-men, and Citizens of Reading; Isaac Eckert and other citizens of Reading; and the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, filed was delivered by
Black, C. J.
— By an act of the legislature, passed April 5,1853, supplemental to the charter of the Lebanon Yalley Railroad Company, that corporation was authorized to increase its capital, to borrow money, to construct a branch, and to pay interest to its stockholders until the work was finished. The same act provided that the corporate or constituted authorities of Reading city, Lebanon county, and Lebanon borough, might subscribe for shares in the stock of the company. It was further provided that in case the constituted authorities of the…
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