Northern Coal & Iron Co. v. Wilkes-Barre
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 156, Jan. T., 1907, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1906, No. 1, on bill in equity in case of Northern Coal & Iron Company v. City of Wilkes-Barre. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Perris, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned, was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Brown,
No material fact in this case is in dispute. The Northern Coal and Iron Company was incorporated by Act of April 27, 1864, P. L. 627. In 1873 it was consolidated with the Plymouth and Wilkes-Barre Eailroad and Bridge Company. The new company retained the name of “Northern Coal and Iron Company ” and acquired all the property, rights, franchises and privileges of the Plymouth and Wilkes-Barre Eailroad and Bridge Company, which was incorporated by Act of April 12, 1859, P. L. (1860) 857. By its act of incorporation and a supplementary Act approved March 14,1865, P.…
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