Philadelphia v. Citizens Passenger Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 164, July T., 1891, by defendant, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1891,' No. 841, awarding injunction. Bill in equity to restrain laying of street railway tracks.
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Appeal, No. 164, July T., 1891, by defendant, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1891,' No. 841, awarding injunction. Bill in equity to restrain laying of street railway tracks. The bill, after reciting statutes and ordinances incorporating defendant company and authorizing the location of its railway, averred that defendant company threatened and intended to extend its line along Germantown Avenue, as it claimed it had authority to do, as stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The bill averred that defendant had no authority to so lay its tracks, and that it had not…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Stebbett,
It is contended that the learned court erred in holding:
1st. “ That the appellant corporation was not authorized to lay any track on Germantown avenue.”
2d. “ That the consent of the councils had not been given to appellant for the construction of the extension authorized by the act of March 22, 1865.”
The facts of the case, in connection with the acts of assembly and ordinances of councils, relating to the questions in*135volved in these specifications of error, are so fully presented in the clear and comprehensive opinion of the court below that extended reference…
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