Rudolph v. Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 408, Jan. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Montgomery Co., Oct. T., 1890, No. 107, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal from jury of view under the statutory proceedings for damages for taking land by right of eminent domain. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Errors assigned are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
This was a proceeding under the statute by plaintiff for damages, resulting from defendant’s appropriation of his land, and the construction through it of a steam railroad. The plaintiff owned in fee a tract of about six acres in Lower Merion township, Montgomery county. The land had a frontage of 300 feet on the Schuylkill river, and extended back 1,100 feet; through it flowed a stream known as Gully run, alleged by plaintiff to be pure spring water; on this land, at an expense of over #350,000, he had erected a large paper factory known as the Ashland Paper Mills,…
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