Pittsburg & West End Railway Co. v. Point Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 119, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from degree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1892, No. 113, on bill in equity in case of the Pittsburg and West End Passenger Railway Company v. the Point Bridge Company. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Over, J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 119, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from degree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1892, No. 113, on bill in equity in case of the Pittsburg and West End Passenger Railway Company v. the Point Bridge Company. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Over, J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered the following decree : And now, to wit: May 16, 1908, this cause came on to be further heard at this term, and was argued by counsel, and, upon consideration thereof, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed as follows, to wit: 1.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion bt
Me. Justice Bbown,
In 1892 the Pittsburg and West End Passenger Railway Company, the appellant, having by its charter and an ordinance of the city of Pittsburg the right to operate a street railway over certain streets in the city to the Point bridge, and to cross the same, filed a bill to enjoin the Point Bridge Company, the appellee, from interfering with its right of passage over the bridge. On this bill a decree was made, restraining the bridge company from interfering with the right of the complainant to use the bridge and directing that for the use of it there should be paid…
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- Pittsburg & West End Passenger Ry. v. Point Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
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