Collins v. Bellefonte Central R. R.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 509, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Centre Co., Aug. T., 1892, No. 282, on verdict for plaintiff.
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Appeal, No. 509, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Centre Co., Aug. T., 1892, No. 282, on verdict for plaintiff. Repelvin to recover from tlie defendant, the Bellefonte Central Railroad Company, one locomotive engine, No. 1, lettered B. R. B. & B. E. R., with all appliances; one passenger car, No. 1, Janney coupler and air-brake ; one combination passenger car, No. 2, Janney coupler and air-brake; one baggage car, No. 5, Janney coupler and air-brake; one observation car, Janney coupler and air-brake ; six gondola cars, lettered Bellefonte and Buffalo Run R. R., and one hand…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Dean,
In 1885, two connecting short railroads, the Bellefonte and Buffalo Run, and Nittany Valley and Southwestern, wei’e consolidated under the name of the Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad Company. Under the original grants, the new company had authority to construct and operate a railroad from Beech Creek to Bellefonte, and from thence, by way of Buffalo Run to State College in Centre county. After consolidation, the road was built from Bellefonte to State College, by a contract with Frank McLaughlin. To raise money for the construction, the new company…
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