Jordan v. Washington & Canonsburg Railway Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 129, April T., 1904, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Washington Co., No. 1359, in equity, dismissing bill in equity in case of James A* Jordan et al., Supervisors of Canton Township, v. Washington & Canonsburg Railway Company. Bill in equity for an injunction. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. $rror assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from the decree of the court below refusing an injunction and dismissing their bill. The learned court below found from sufficient evidence that the defendant company is a street railway corporation duly organized under the laws of Pennsylvania by the merger and consolidation of three several street railway companies, which had theretofore been duly organized and authorized to construct street railways by letters patent duly granted and issued by the com monwealth. We are not called upon to pass upon any question as to the legality of…
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