RAILWAY CO. v. PHILADELPHIA, 101 U.S. 528 (1879)

RAILWAY COMPANY v. PHILADELPHIA. OCTOBER TERM, 1879. 1. A company incorporated by a statute of Pennsylvania approved April 8, 1864, was authorized to construct a railway on certain streets of Philadelphia, subject to the ordinances of the city regulating the running of passenger railway cars. The charter requires, among other things, that the “company shall […]

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101 U.S. 528

101 U.S. 528 101 U.S. 528 101 U.S. 528 25 L.Ed. 912 RAILWAY COMPANYv.PHILADELPHIA. October Term, 1879 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania. This was an action brought in the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, for the county of Philadelphia, by the city of Philadelphia against the Union Passenger Railway […]

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