Central District & Printing Telegraph Co. v. Pittsburg, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 115, April T., 1913, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., Third Term, 1911, No. 75, dismissing bill in equity in case of Central District & Printing Telegraph Company v. Pittsburg, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad Company, and Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad Company. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain defendants from removing plaintiff’s poles and wires.
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Appeal, No. 115, April T., 1913, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., Third Term, 1911, No. 75, dismissing bill in equity in case of Central District & Printing Telegraph Company v. Pittsburg, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad Company, and Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad Company. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain defendants from removing plaintiff’s poles and wires. Before Evans, J. From the pleadings and admission filed by the parties, it appeared that the plaintiff was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania as a telephone and telegraph company, and that it…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The able briefs presented by counsel carry the discussion of the question involved much farther afield than we deem necessary for its solution. That question, as fairly stated by the appellant, is, “Where a telegraph and telephone company, having a charter from the commonwealth and all the powers granted by statute to such companies, maintains, with municipal consent, duly granted, its poles and wires on certain streets of the borough, are the rights of such company with respect to those streets terminated by a subsequent ordinance of the borough providing for their…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jones v. Erie & Wyoming Valley R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Phillips v. Dunkirk, Warren & Pittsburg RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
- Shinzel v. Bell Telephone Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Stanfield v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
- Central District & Printing Telegraph Co. v. Clairton BoroughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re the City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1952