Monongahela Bridge Co. v. Pittsburgh & Birmingham Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Allegheny county: Of October Term 1886, No. 27. The record showed the following:— January 26lh, 1884, petition o'f Pittsburgh and Birmingham Passenger Railway Company presented, stating a failure to agree with the Monongahela Bridge Company as to the rate of compensation to be paid for the use of the bridge; that the rate demanded by the bridge company is excessive, and asking the court to fix the rate and the…
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Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Allegheny county: Of October Term 1886, No. 27. The record showed the following:— January 26lh, 1884, petition o'f Pittsburgh and Birmingham Passenger Railway Company presented, stating a failure to agree with the Monongahela Bridge Company as to the rate of compensation to be paid for the use of the bridge; that the rate demanded by the bridge company is excessive, and asking the court to fix the rate and the terms, and the manner in which the tracks shall be kept up. February 9th, 1884, answer of the bridge company filed, denying…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
■ The Monongahela Bridge Company was incorporated under the provisions of an Act, of Assembly, approved 19th March, 1810, [P. L., 101,] for the construction of a “bridge over the river Monongahela opposite the borough of Pittsburgh in the county of Allegheny.” By the provisions of this Act, and the supplementary Act of 17th February, 1816, the company upon the erection of a bridge was authorized to erect gates and to demand and receive tolls in part as follows : — For every carriage of whatever description, used for the purpose of trade or agriculture,.....having four wheels and drawn by two…
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