Schuylkill Navigation Co. v. Farr
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Delaware county,'to which the case was removed from Montgomery county, and a verdict and judgment there rendered for the plaintiffs, John Farr and Abraham Kunzi. It was a proceeding instituted under the 10th and 11th sections of the Act of 8th of March 1815, incorporating the Schuylkill Navigation Company, (a) On the 25th of December 1840, referees mutually appointed awarded in favour of the plaintiffs, and both parties appealed.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Delaware county,'to which the case was removed from Montgomery county, and a verdict and judgment there rendered for the plaintiffs, John Farr and Abraham Kunzi. It was a proceeding instituted under the 10th and 11th sections of the Act of 8th of March 1815, incorporating the Schuylkill Navigation Company, (a) On the 25th of December 1840, referees mutually appointed awarded in favour of the plaintiffs, and both parties appealed. A narr. was filed, complaining that the plaintiffs were owners of a tract of land containing 32 acres, on which were erected a flouring…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
— This was originally a proceeding in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery county, under the 10th and 11th sections of the Act of the 8th of March 1815, incorporating the Schuylkill Navigation Company. Referees were appointed under the Act, who, on the 25th of December 1840, awarded in favour of the plaintiffs the sum of $9300. Both parties appealed, and on application of the defendants, the cause was removed into the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware county. The plaintiff entered into a recognizance with John Righter, surety, in the sum…
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