Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad v. Lawrence County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 4, Oct. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Lawrence Co., Sept., 1899, No. 3, on bill in equity in case of Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad Company ,v. The County of Lawrence et al. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the construction of a county bridge. From the record it appeared that the bridge in question was intended to be built over the Beaver river at Newport.
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Appeal, No. 4, Oct. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Lawrence Co., Sept., 1899, No. 3, on bill in equity in case of Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad Company ,v. The County of Lawrence et al. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the construction of a county bridge. From the record it appeared that the bridge in question was intended to be built over the Beaver river at Newport. The complainant alleged that the proceeding authorizing the construction of the bridge was grossly irregular. The nature of these proceedings are stated at length in the opinion of the Supreme Court.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mitchell,
The .authority of county commissioners to build a county bridge is derived from statutes, and the steps prescribed for this purpose must be pursued with at least reasonable strictness and diligence. The proceedings in the present case are irremediably defective in both respects. Applications were made to the quarter sessions for a county bridge at or near the location now in controversy, and proceedings were had thereon as found and reported by the court below as follows :
At January sessions, 3883, the viewers reported that the bridge was not necessary.
*4At April…
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