Matson's Ford Bridge Co. v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
EBB OB TO THE COUBT OE COMMON PLEAS OE DAUPHIN COUNTY. No. 25 May Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 299 November Term 1886, C. P. By the act of May 7, 1882, P. L. 528, the corporation named “ The President, Managers and Company of the Schuylkill Bridge Company at Matson’s Ford,” was created, and under that act and its supplements of March 19, 1838, P. L. 121, and April 16, 1838, P. L. 625, the company, with a capital stock of $45,000, erected and maintained a bridge…
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EBB OB TO THE COUBT OE COMMON PLEAS OE DAUPHIN COUNTY. No. 25 May Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 299 November Term 1886, C. P. By the act of May 7, 1882, P. L. 528, the corporation named “ The President, Managers and Company of the Schuylkill Bridge Company at Matson’s Ford,” was created, and under that act and its supplements of March 19, 1838, P. L. 121, and April 16, 1838, P. L. 625, the company, with a capital stock of $45,000, erected and maintained a bridge across the Schuylkill river at Conshohocken, in Montgomery county. Under the act of May 8, 1876, P. L. 131, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Clark :
The defendants in pursuance of an act of assembly of May 7,1832, P. L. 1831-2, 528, and the several supplements thereto, erected and for many years have maintained a bridge across the Schuylkill river at Matson’s Ford, Conshohocken, in Montgomery county. The capital stock of the company was $45,000, all of which was paid in. Under the act of May 8, 1876, P. L. 131, and its supplements, proceedings were had to declare the bridge a county bridge; viewers were appointed, who reported in favor of the applicants, and that by means of the taking of the bridge for public…
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