Larue v. Oil City Street Passenger Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 271, Oct. T., 1894, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Venango Co., continuing preliminary injunction. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain a street railway company from laying its tracks upon plaintiffs’ bridge.
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Appeal, No. 271, Oct. T., 1894, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Venango Co., continuing preliminary injunction. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain a street railway company from laying its tracks upon plaintiffs’ bridge. The bill averred in substance that complainants were the' commissioners of the county, and as such had the exclusive control and management of the county bridges; that it was their duty to keep the bridges safe and in proper repair for the ordinary use of the public without obstructions of any kind; that the bridge over Oil creek, in the city of Oil City, Venango…
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Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Sterrett,
This appeal is from a preliminary injunction granted on bill and affidavits, and afterwards “ continued until final hearing on the merits.” The bill, filed by the commissioners of Venango county against the defendant company, its president and directors, substantially avers that the county of Venango owns a certain bridge, over Oil creek within the corporate limits of Oil City, which was erected by the then borough of Oil City, under a special act of assembly, and was afterwards purchased by said county in pursuance of another special act; that the…
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