County of Erie v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county: Of October and November Term 1878, No. 198. The following case, wherein the county of Erie was plaintiff, and the Erie and Western Transportation Company was defendant, was stated for the opinion of the court: That the defendant is a public corporation duly incorporated by the legislature of Pennsylvania, by act approved June 21st 1865, and by supplements of April 15th 1869, and May 9th 1871, entitling the defendant…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county: Of October and November Term 1878, No. 198. The following case, wherein the county of Erie was plaintiff, and the Erie and Western Transportation Company was defendant, was stated for the opinion of the court: That the defendant is a public corporation duly incorporated by the legislature of Pennsylvania, by act approved June 21st 1865, and by supplements of April 15th 1869, and May 9th 1871, entitling the defendant corporation: “ to all the powers, privileges and rights conferred by an act approved April 7th 1870, upon the Pennsylvania…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
From the case stated, we learn that the company defendant is a Pennsylvania corporation, incorporated by the Act of June 21st 1865, and by the supplementary Acts of 15th of April 1869 and 9th of May 1871. That its business is the transportation of grain and other merchandise, to and from the various ports on the great lakes, the cities of Philadelphia and Baltimore and other eastern and southern cities. That it is the owner of certain water-lots in the city of Erie, on which, for the accommodation of its business, it has erected two grain elevators, warehouses and offices, and that upon these…
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