In re the Philadelphia & Merion Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 461, Jan. T., 1897, by the Philadelphia and Merion Railway Company, from order of C. P. No. 4, Pliila. Co., June -T., 1897, No. 800, making absolute rule to quash condemnation proceedings. Rule to quash comdemnation proceedings.
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Appeal, No. 461, Jan. T., 1897, by the Philadelphia and Merion Railway Company, from order of C. P. No. 4, Pliila. Co., June -T., 1897, No. 800, making absolute rule to quash condemnation proceedings. Rule to quash comdemnation proceedings. Before Arnold, P. J. The following facts were agreed upon by the parties : 1. The Blockley and Merion Turnpike and Plank Road Company was incorporated by the Act of Assembly of April 5,1853, P. L. 291, and various supplements were passed thereto on April 13, 1854, P. L. 362; April 21,1856, P. L. 474; March 29, 1859, P. L. 289, and March 31, 1870, P. L.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
The Blockley and Morion Turnpike and Plank Road Company was incorporated by the Act of Assembly of April 5,1853, P. L. 291, and various supplements thereto were subsequently passed, which are enumerated in the agreed state of facts appearing on the record. By one of these supplements passed in 1859, P. L. 289, the company was “authorized to lay out and construct a railv/ay of the same gauge as the present passenger railways in the city of Philadelphia, over the route of their road or any part thereof, subject to all the limitations and restrictions of the general…
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