Pittsburgh & Western Railroad v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, 1884, No. 40. This ease originated in a petition by Alexander Patterson, for the appointment of viewers to assess damages suffered by him by reason of the location by the Pittsburgh & Western Railroad Company of a right of way over bis two lots of ground in Allegheny City, one used as a lumber yard, and the other as a river landing on the Ohio River.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, 1884, No. 40. This ease originated in a petition by Alexander Patterson, for the appointment of viewers to assess damages suffered by him by reason of the location by the Pittsburgh & Western Railroad Company of a right of way over bis two lots of ground in Allegheny City, one used as a lumber yard, and the other as a river landing on the Ohio River. Viewers were appointed, from whose report an appeal was taken and 'an issue framed. On the trial, before EwiNG-, P. J., counsel for defendant proposed to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
This is a proceeding by Alexander Patterson against the Pittsburgh & Western Railroad Company, for the assessment of damages for right of way under the general railroad law. The plaintiff is the owner, in fee, of two lots of ground in the sixth ward of the City of Allegheny, one used and occupied by him as a lumber yard, the other as a landing on the Ohio river. The line of the defendant’s road having been located upon both of these lots, viewers were appointed as directed by law, to assess the damages, and from their report au appeal was taken. At the trial of this appeal the counsel for the…
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