Pennsylvania Canal Co. v. Lewisburg, Milton & Watsontown Passenger Railway Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 71, Oct. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Northumberland Co., No. 214, Equity Docket, Dec. T., 1897, refusing injunction and dismissing plaintiff’s bill. Opinion by Orlady, J. Hearing on bill, answer and proofs.
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Appeal, No. 71, Oct. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Northumberland Co., No. 214, Equity Docket, Dec. T., 1897, refusing injunction and dismissing plaintiff’s bill. Opinion by Orlady, J. Hearing on bill, answer and proofs. Before Savxdge, P. J. It appears from the record that a bill was brought praying for an injunction to restrain the defendant railway company from constructing a street railway to be operated by electricity upon an overhead bridge which was part of the public road and crossing plaintiff’s canal. The court below dismissed the bill and refused the injunction in an…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Oblady, J.,
The defendant is a street railway company, incorporated by letters patent, issued under the provisions of the act of assembly approved May 14, 1889, P. L. 211. Pursuant to its charter, it *417secured the consent of municipalities and landowners, — with the exception of the plaintiff, — and constructed a street railway, to be operated by electricity, between Lewisburg and Watsontown, which were the terminal points mentioned in its articles of association.
During the progress of the work, the plaintiff caused the defendant and the contractors having in charge the construction of…
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- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Greensburg, Jeannette & Pittsburg Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
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