Commonwealth v. Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, May T., 1903, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Commonwealth Docket, 1902, No. 52, for defendant on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of Commonwealth v. Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad Company. Appeal from tax settlement.
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Appeal, No. 7, May T., 1903, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Commonwealth Docket, 1902, No. 52, for defendant on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of Commonwealth v. Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad Company. Appeal from tax settlement. Weiss, P. J., found the facts to be as follows: 1. The Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad Company was incorporated October 7,1891, under the provisions of the Act of April 4, 1868, P. L. 62, entitled “ An act to authorize the formation and regulation of railroad corporations” and its supplements, among which is an act approved June…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Bbown,
The Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad Company was incorporated October 7,1891, under the Act of April 4,1868, P. L. 62. Several other companies, incorporated under the same act, became merged with it, the corporate title after the mergers continuing to be the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad Company. The capital stock of the company was increased from $2,000,000 to $3,518,000, and the claim of the commonwealth is for a bonus of one third of one per cent on the increase of $1,518,000. It is made under the Act of May 3, 1899, P. L. 189, which provides : “ That all…
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