Johnson Co. v. Miller
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 118, Jan. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Scbuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1895, No. 114, on verdict for plaintiff. Feigned issue to determine the ownership of eighty-two steel rails attached as the property of the Inter-County Street Railway Company.
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Appeal, No. 118, Jan. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Scbuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1895, No. 114, on verdict for plaintiff. Feigned issue to determine the ownership of eighty-two steel rails attached as the property of the Inter-County Street Railway Company. Before Bechtel, J. At the trial it appeared that Richard E. Miller issued an attachment under the act of March 17, 1869, against the Inter-County Street Railway Company, and the sheriff levied upon eighty-two rails as the property of the street railway company. The Johnson Company notified the sheriff that it claimed the rails…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The issue in this case was framed to determine the title to certain steel rails seized by the sheriff of Schuylkill county under an attachment as the property of the Inte.r-County Street Railway Company. The railway company was authorized by its charter to construct and maintain a railway from Tamaqua, Schuylkill county, to Lansford, Carbon county. After a part *607of the road had been built the. company was enjoined from proceeding further with its construction until the consent of the township and borough authorities and other parties in interest should be obtained.…
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- Susquehanna Canal Co. v. BonhamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1845
- Reynolds v. Reynolds Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
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