Legal Opinion

Perry v. Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 5, 1888No. 403, E. DPublished

January Term, 1887, No. 403, E. D., before Gordon, Oh. J., Paxson, Sterrett, Green, and Williams, JJ. Appeal of John Perry and William Perry, and of William and John Perry, trading as copartners under the name of William Perry & Company to review a decree of the Common Pleas of Montgomery County overruling their motion to strike off the appeal of the Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad Company from an award of viewers assessing damages for land of the appellants taken by…

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January Term, 1887, No. 403, E. D., before Gordon, Oh. J., Paxson, Sterrett, Green, and Williams, JJ. Appeal of John Perry and William Perry, and of William and John Perry, trading as copartners under the name of William Perry & Company to review a decree of the Common Pleas of Montgomery County overruling their motion to strike off the appeal of the Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad Company from an award of viewers assessing damages for land of the appellants taken by the railroad company under the right of eminent domain. The facts of the case were as follows: The railroad company was…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

The appeal in this case is dismissed and the decree affirmed, at costs of appellants, for reasons which will be found in the case of the Gettysburg Memorial Asso. v. Sherfy, 117 Pa. 256, 10 Atl. 758.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gettysburg Memorial Ass'n v. SherfySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887

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