Larimer & L. St. Ry. Co. v. Larimer St. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 113 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 722 April Term 1890, C. P. No. 2. On March 29, 1890, the Larimer & Lincoln Street Railway Company filed a bill in equity against tbe Larimer Street Railway Company, the Duquesne Traction Company, and the city of Pittsburgh.
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 113 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 722 April Term 1890, C. P. No. 2. On March 29, 1890, the Larimer & Lincoln Street Railway Company filed a bill in equity against tbe Larimer Street Railway Company, the Duquesne Traction Company, and the city of Pittsburgh. The bill averred, in substance, that the plaintiff company was incorporated on August 14, 1889, under the act of May 14, 1889, P. L. 211, with authority to construct a street railway upon certain specified streets in the city of Pittsburgh ;…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Clark:
The complainants, the Larimer & Lincoln Street Railway Company, were incorporated 14th August, 1889, under the general act of 14th May, 1889, P. L. 211, entitled “ An act to provide for the incorporation and government of street-railway companies in this commonwealth.” Their articles of association specify the route of their road to be in the city of Pittsburgh, a city of the second class, beginning on Penn Avenue, and covering Collins Avenue, Station street, Larimer Avenue, Shetland street, and Lincoln Avenue; the route being continuous and forming a complete…
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