Monongahela Connecting Railroad v. City of Pittsburgh

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

Appellant, Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company (Mon-Con), appeals from an order of the *476Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which entered judgment in favor of appellee, City of Pittsburgh, and against Mon-Con in the amount of $16,-859.48. Mon-Con contends the trial court’s application of the Act of October 26, 1972, P.L. 1032 (Act 255-1972), amending Section 17 of the Act of June 21,1939, P.L. 626, as amended, 72 P.S. §5452.17, constitutes an infringement on its constitutional rights as afforded by Article VIII, Section 1 of the Pennsylvania…