Point Bridge Co. v. Pittsburg & West End Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 163, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1898, No. 318, on verdict for plaintiff in case of the Point Bridge Company v. The Pittsburg & West End Railway Company. Assumpsit for use of a bridge. Before Ford, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for plaintiff for $20,706, and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was refusal to enter judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto.
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Appeal, No. 163, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1898, No. 318, on verdict for plaintiff in case of the Point Bridge Company v. The Pittsburg & West End Railway Company. Assumpsit for use of a bridge. Before Ford, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for plaintiff for $20,706, and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was refusal to enter judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto. The bridge is a highway: Pittsburg & West End Ry. Co. v. Point Bridge Co.,-223 Pa. 133; Pittsburg & West End Ry. Co. v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
For a number of years the defendant railway company had operated a line of horse cars across a bridge belonging to the plaintiff bridge company. In 1892 the motive power was changed to electricity and a disagreement arose concerning the compensation to be paid for the future occupancy of the bridge. The railway company filed a bill asking that the bridge company be restrained from interfering with the operation of its cars, and praying the court to fix the compensation to be paid for the use of the bridge. On November 12, 1892, a decree was entered which…
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- Pittsburg & West End Railway Co. v. Point Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
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