Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney-General v. Pittsburg & Connellsville Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Quo Warranto. The information in this case, at the relation of William M. Meredith, Attorney-General of Pennsylvania, was filed in the Middle District, May 11th 1865. It sets out that the Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad Company have claimed, and yet do claim to have and use, without' any lawful warrant, within this Commonwealth the franchise, liberties and privileges following, viz. :— To be a body politic and corporate by the above name.
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Quo Warranto. The information in this case, at the relation of William M. Meredith, Attorney-General of Pennsylvania, was filed in the Middle District, May 11th 1865. It sets out that the Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad Company have claimed, and yet do claim to have and use, without' any lawful warrant, within this Commonwealth the franchise, liberties and privileges following, viz. :— To be a body politic and corporate by the above name. To maintain a railroad, called the Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad, from Pittsburg in the county of Allegheny to Connellsville in the county of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Sharswood, J.
This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by the Attorney-General, calling upon the defendants, by their corporate title, to show by what warrant they claim to have and use the franchise, liberties and privileges following, viz.: To be of themselves a body politic and corporate by the *42name of “ The Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad Company” ; to maintain a certain railroad called the Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad, extending from the city of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny, to the borough of…
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