Sparhawk v. Union Passenger Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Supreme Court at Nisi Prius. In Equity. These were two hills in equity. In the first John Sparhawk and others were the plaintiffs and The Union. Passenger Railway of Philadelphia the defendants. In the second, Levi Kenton was the plaintiff and the same company and Jacob Ridgway and others, directors of the company, were defendants.
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Appeal from the Supreme Court at Nisi Prius. In Equity. These were two hills in equity. In the first John Sparhawk and others were the plaintiffs and The Union. Passenger Railway of Philadelphia the defendants. In the second, Levi Kenton was the plaintiff and the same company and Jacob Ridgway and others, directors of the company, were defendants. The first bill set out the incorporation of the company with authority to construct a railway in Philadelphia for carrying passengers from the intersection of Wharton and Front streets along many streets of the city to the place of beginning. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court in Sparhawk v. The Union Passenger Railway was delivered at Pittsburg, by
Thompson, J.
The law intends and generally does provide remedies for the redress of every wrong and the vindication of every right. These necessarily differ with the variety into which rights and wrongs are classed in communities of diverse pursuits *421and dense population. For example, in the civil department of the law, ejectment is the appropriate legal remedy for the wrongful deprivation of the possession of real estate; replevin for the recovery of chattels; assumpsit for the breach of simple…
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