Pennsylvania Railroad v. Glenwood & Dravosburg Electric Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 166, Oct. Term, 1897, by plaintiffs, from decree of O. P. No. 2, Allegheny County, July Term, 1897, No. 362, dismissing bill in equity. Bill in equity for an injunction.
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Appeal, No. 166, Oct. Term, 1897, by plaintiffs, from decree of O. P. No. 2, Allegheny County, July Term, 1897, No. 362, dismissing bill in equity. Bill in equity for an injunction. In addition to the facts which appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court, Shaeeeb, J., found the following: The plaintiffs are railroad companies, duly incorporated, and operating a line of railway along the Monongahela river through the village of Dravosburg, which is a village in the township of Mifflin, and are the owners of lands and rights of way in the said village of Dravosburg, except that the deed of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Feel,
The bill in this case was filed to prevent the defendants from constructing a bridge or viaduct over the tracks and property of the plaintiffs at a point where there is no street or highway, and also to prevent the construction of an overhead way across a street on which the plaintiffs own property in fee. The answer denies the right of the plaintiffs to the intervention of *234a court of equity for the reason that the overhead crossings which the defendants have undertaken to construct, and on which they have made large expenditures, were suggested by the plaintiffs in…
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- Rahn Township v. Tamaqua & Lansford Street RailwaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
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