Hinnershitz v. United Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 305, 306 and 307, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P., Berks Co., Equity Docket, 1899, Nos. 752, 756, dismissing bill in equity in case of Harrison S. Hinnershitz et al. v. United Traction Company and East Reading Electric Railway Company. Bill in equity for an injunction.
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Appeals, Nos. 305, 306 and 307, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P., Berks Co., Equity Docket, 1899, Nos. 752, 756, dismissing bill in equity in case of Harrison S. Hinnershitz et al. v. United Traction Company and East Reading Electric Railway Company. Bill in equity for an injunction. Endlich, J., stated the facts to be as follows : 1. In 1894, the East Reading Electric Railway Company, incorporated under Act of May 14, 1889, P. L. 211, in due form and with proper proceedings laid out a railway upon the Perkiomen and Reading Turnpike Road, in the township of Lower Alsace,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
Appellees move to quash these appeals on the ground that they were not taken within the statutory limitation of six months. The cases were heard on bill, answer and proofs, and the opinion of the court filed on January 6, 1902, directing a decree nisi, which was duly entered by the prothonotary, and notice in due course given but to only one of the appellants’ counsel. No exceptions were filed, and after ten days but before the actual entry of a final decree by the prothonotary in accordance with equity rule 65, appellants moved for leave to file exceptions nunc…
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