Allegheny v. Millville, Etna & Sharpsburg Street Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 307, Oct T., 1893, by defendant, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1893, No. 540, awarding injunction. Bill in equity for injunction. The bill averred: That the city of Allegheny passed an ordinance, duly approved Aug. 12, 1893,- at the solicitation of defendant company, with the object of enabling that company to construct and operate a street railway within the city’s limits.
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Appeal, No. 307, Oct T., 1893, by defendant, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1893, No. 540, awarding injunction. Bill in equity for injunction. The bill averred: That the city of Allegheny passed an ordinance, duly approved Aug. 12, 1893,- at the solicitation of defendant company, with the object of enabling that company to construct and operate a street railway within the city’s limits. That one of the provisions of said ordinance is, “ This ordinance shall not go into effect until the company shall accept the same by its proper officials, covenanting at the same time…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
By sect. 9, art. 17 of the constitution, “ no street passenger railway shall be constructed within the limits of any cit}*-, borough or township without the consent of its local authorities.” This language is repeated in sect. 15 of the street railway act of May 14, 1889, P. L. 217, but this is merely an express subjection ex majori cautela, of the privileges to be granted by the act, to the terms of the constitution, which would be implied without it. It neither enlarged nor diminished the constitutional powers of the local authorities, and may therefore be dis*415r…
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