Rahn Township v. Tamaqua & Lansford Street Railway
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 183, Jan. T., 1895, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1894, No. 2, granting an injunction on bill in equity. Bill in equity to restrain the construction of a street railway.
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Appeal, No. 183, Jan. T., 1895, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1894, No. 2, granting an injunction on bill in equity. Bill in equity to restrain the construction of a street railway. The facts appear by the opinion of Weidman, J., which was as follows: “ The bill alleges that through fraud, misrepresentation and promises, the supervisor of Rahn township granted to the defendants his consent to their locating, maintaining and constructing an electric railway over one of the public roads in that township, which consent or agreement he now asks may be revoked, and…
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Opinion by
Me. Justice Williams,
The questions raised by this appeal have just been decided. The invalidity of the alleged consent signed by Morris Coll, supervisor, was decided in a case in which the present defendant was plaintiff and the Inter-County Street Railway Company, defendant.1
The necessity resting upon the company to put itself in position to build its railway upon the circuit described in its application and charter before it can insist on occupying the highways of any one of the cities, boroughs or townships through which its circuit passes was distinctly held in Penna. Schuylkill…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. Erie & North-East RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854
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- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Greensburg, Jeannette & Pittsburg Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Valley Railways v. HarrisburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- City of Aurora v. Elgin, Aurora & Southern Traction Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Jordan v. Washington & Canonsburg Railway Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Glenwood & Dravosburg Electric Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
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