Lock Haven Bridge Co. v. Clinton County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 151, Jau. T., 1893, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Union Go., Dee. T., 1891, No. 49, on verdict for plaintiff. Proceedings to free bridge.
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Appeal, No. 151, Jau. T., 1893, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Union Go., Dee. T., 1891, No. 49, on verdict for plaintiff. Proceedings to free bridge. Before McClure, P. J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff was incorporated under' act of March 4, 1850, P. L. 782. Section 13 of the act is as follows : “ At any time after the expiration of twenty years from the time of completing said bridge, it shall be lawful for the commonwealth to purchase the same, by paying to the said company a sum of money which, together with the dividends declared, shall equal the cost of constructing said…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Chteu Justice Stebbett,
This case had its inception in the petition presented to the quarter sessions of Clinton county under the act of May 8, 1876, P. L. 181, and. its supplement of May 3, 1878, P. L. 41, setting forth that the plaintiff company’s bridge is necessary for public travel and that payment of tolls thereon is burdensome to the traveling public, and praying that the same shall be taken as a county bridge, etc. The viewers, appointed by the court, found the material facts, substantially as averred in the petition, and assessed the damages sustained by the bridge…
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