Pittsburgh, Virginia & Charleston Railway Co. v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Washington county: Of October Term 1882, No. 77. Indictment of The Pittsburgh, Virginia & Charleston B. N. Company. Plea, not guilty. The indictment was based on an information filed by a street commissioner of Monongaliela City, and was in two counts, charging: First, the commission of a nuisance at common law, in erecting an embankment on Main street in said city, and thereby obstructing travel.
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Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Washington county: Of October Term 1882, No. 77. Indictment of The Pittsburgh, Virginia & Charleston B. N. Company. Plea, not guilty. The indictment was based on an information filed by a street commissioner of Monongaliela City, and was in two counts, charging: First, the commission of a nuisance at common law, in erecting an embankment on Main street in said city, and thereby obstructing travel. Second, a neglect of the statutory duty imposed upon defendant by § 13 of the Act of February 19th 1849, which provides, that “If any such railroad company…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
This indictment is against a railroad corporation subject to the Act of 19th February 1849. The indictment contains two counts, the first charges a nuisance in a certain street in Monongahela city by the construction of an embankment and putting and maintaining materials thereon inthesaid street; the second is based on the 13th section of said Act: Pur. Dig. 1221. It declares: “If any such railroad company shall find it necessary to change the site of any portion of any turnpike or public road, they shall eause the same tp be reconstructed forthwith, at their own proper expense, on the most…
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