Robinson v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 160, Nov. T., 1896, by plaintiffs, from order of C. P. Chester Co., Miscel. No. 1905, dismissing petition for appointment of a jury of view. Petition for jury of view to assess damages for materials alleged to be due by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
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Appeal, No. 160, Nov. T., 1896, by plaintiffs, from order of C. P. Chester Co., Miscel. No. 1905, dismissing petition for appointment of a jury of view. Petition for jury of view to assess damages for materials alleged to be due by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Before Waddell, P. J. It appears from the record that plaintiffs’ petition filed July 6, 1896, was as follows : The petition of Mon cure Robinson and Lydia M. B. Robinson respectfully represents: “That the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a corporation duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The appellants, in Juty, 1896, presented to the court of common pleas of Chester county a petition setting forth that “ The Pennsylvania Railroad heretofore surveyed, laid out and con*390structed a branch line of railroad through and upon the lands of your petitioners in the township of Tredyffrin, in said country and in so doing said company took, used and occupied a strip of land containing about 7 acres, more or less, which strip of land is particularly described by metes and bounds in a certain petition filed by said company in this court on March 26, 1895, wherein said…
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