Scranton Gas & Water Co. v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 8, Jan. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1907, No. 1, dismissing bill in equity in case of Scranton Gas & Water Company v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Newcomb, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Stewaet,
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company, a corporation of this state, owning and operating a double-track line of railroad, and invested with right of eminent domain, instituted proceedings in the court of Lackawanna county for the condemnation of certain lands owned by the Scranton Gas and Water Company in said county. The latter company, denying the right of the former to appropriate the lands in question, filed its bill for an injunction to restrain the railroad company from entering upon and taking possession of said lands, or laying tracks, or…
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