Illig v. Chartiers Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 21, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from decree of O. P. Greene Co., No. 202, in Equity on bill in equity in case of Louis Illig v. Chartiers Southern Railway Co. Bill in equity to restrain proceedings at law. Before Rat, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court granted a preliminary injunction, which it subsequently dissolved, and entered a decree approving the bond in controversy. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The Chartiers Southern Railway Company is a Pennsylvania corporation, and, in the construction of its road, appropriated land of the appellant. This appropriation was originally made in pursuance of a resolution of the company’s board of directors passed in the City of Pittsburgh. Subsequently the route as located was changed by resolution of the board of directors, adopted in the City of New York, so as not to include appellant’s dwelling house. Not being able to agree with him as to the amount of damages to be paid to him, the company filed its bond in the court below, the…
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