Pittsburg & Connellsville Railroad v. South-west Pennsylvania Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: In Equity. Of October and November Term 1874, No. 255. This proceeding commenced by a bill filed April 25th 1874, by The South-west Pennsylvania Railroad Company against The Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad Company.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: In Equity. Of October and November Term 1874, No. 255. This proceeding commenced by a bill filed April 25th 1874, by The South-west Pennsylvania Railroad Company against The Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad Company. The bill set out:— 1. The plaintiffs were incorporated by Act of March 16th 1871, to construct a railroad by such route as the directors might select, from a point on the Pennsylvania Railroad at or near Greensburg, by way of Uniontown, to the line of the state of West Virginia, and to construct branches; the company to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Merctjr
This is an appeal from a decree, in which, inter alia, it was adjudged that the appellee has the right, and shall be permitted to construct and operate its railroad across the roadway and tracks of the appellant, at grade, and across the adjoining lands of the appellant, on the location adopted by the appellee, and also to connect with the appellant’s road at or near said crossing; and that the appellant shall not interfere therewith.
The appellee was incorporated by the Act of 16th of March 1871; the appellant by the Act of 3d of April 1837. The line of the railroad of the latter had been…
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