Pittsburg & West End Passenger Ry. v. Point Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 241, Oct. T., 1893, by defendant, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1892, No. 113, on bill in equity. Bill to restrain bridge company from interfering with street railway in operation of cars on bridge, etc. The case was referred to James S. Young, Esq., as master, who reported in favor of granting the prayers of the bill. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court below entered the following decree : “ First.
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Appeal, No. 241, Oct. T., 1893, by defendant, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1892, No. 113, on bill in equity. Bill to restrain bridge company from interfering with street railway in operation of cars on bridge, etc. The case was referred to James S. Young, Esq., as master, who reported in favor of granting the prayers of the bill. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court below entered the following decree : “ First. The exceptions filed by the parties respectively to the master’s report are overruled, except the defendant’s exception as to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
The Point Bridge Company was incorporated under the general corporation act of 1874 for the purpose of erecting, constructing and maintaining a toll bridge and approaches thereto for public travel and accommodation “ from a point near the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela river, across the Monongahela river to a point at or near the Lorenz Glass Works.” The bridge it was thus authorized to build and maintain constituted, when it was opened to public travel in May, 1877, a portion of the highway with which it was connected. It was, by the charter under…
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- Rapho v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
- Weinman v. Wilkinsburg & E. L. P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Penn Township v. Perry CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
- Monongahela Bridge Co. v. Pittsburgh & Birmingham Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
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- Pittsburg & West End Railway Co. v. Point Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
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