Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad v. Harvey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Court of Common Pleas of hawrence county: Of October and November Term, 1884, Nos. 50, 51 and 52 respectively. These throe cases were argued together. Tbe facts and tbe questions involved therein are substantially tlie same.
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Error to tbe Court of Common Pleas of hawrence county: Of October and November Term, 1884, Nos. 50, 51 and 52 respectively. These throe cases were argued together. Tbe facts and tbe questions involved therein are substantially tlie same. The eases were, in tbe court below, three separate writs of scire facias to revive judgments brought respectively by Harvey et al., to use, James M. Craig and Robert MeKibben against the New Castle and Franklin Railroad Company, with notice to the Oil City and Chicago Railroad Company, and the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad Company. The facts…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mercury
These three cases were argued together. They present substantially the same questions. That is, whether the plaintiff *323in error holds the lands taken and occupied by it, discharged from tlie lien of the judgments obtained by the land owners as damages for the right of way. Article XVI. § 8, of the Constitution, declares “municipal and other corporations and individuals, invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways or improvements, which…
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