Pinkerton v. Pennsylvania Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 178, Jan. T., 1899, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Lancaster Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 45, refusing to take off nonsuit. Trespass by father to recover damages for death of his son, a passenger.
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Appeal, No. 178, Jan. T., 1899, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Lancaster Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 45, refusing to take off nonsuit. Trespass by father to recover damages for death of his son, a passenger. At the trial it appeared that the Pennsylvania Traction Company was a motor power company organized under the act of March 22, 1887. It had leased the road of the Columbia and Donegal Electric Bailway Company which had been organized under the act of May 14,1899. The boy for whose death damages was sought bought a ticket from the Pennsylvania Traction Company, and was riding on one of its…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
1. By clause 8 of section 1 of the Act of March 22, 1887, P. L. 9, motor power companies were authorized “ to lease the property and franchises of passenger railway companies which they may desire to operate, and to operate said railways.” It is claimed by appellant that this clause is unconstitutional because it contains a subject not indicated in the title, to wit: the lease of their roads by passenger railway companies. The title of the act is “An act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of motor power companies for operating passenger railways by…
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