Central Market Co. v. City of Erie
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 152, April T., 1910, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Erie Co., Feb. T., 1909, No. 8, dismissing bill in equity in case of Central Market Company, F. M. Feasler and John E. Zeiser v. City of Erie. Bill in equity for an injunction. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
Central Market Company, one of the plaintiffs, is a corporation created under the general act of 1874. It has owned for many years a valuable piece of land in the city of Erie. Under a contract with the city, made in 1893, it erected and equipped a building suitable for a market house, and since that date, under the terms of said contract, there has been maintained therein a public market. The plaintiff company has been permitted to exercise and enjoy the rights conferred upon it by that contract, and the city without complaint has exercised and continues to exercise in…
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- Strickland v. Pennsylvania R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Mt. Carmel Borough v. FisherSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
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