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· 4/13/1896

City of Philadelphia v. Bowman

Citations

  • 175 Pa. 91
  • 38 W.N.C. 143
  • 34 A. 353
  • 1896 Pa. LEXIS 1212

Syllabus

<p>Street railways — Paving—Municipal consent — Conditional consent — Be-peal of ordinance.</p> <p>Where a street railway company is authorized by the legislature to lay its tracks on the streets of a city, provided that the city consents, and that' the railway company shall be subject to the ordinances relating to paving, and the city gives its consent on condition that the railway assumes the cost of paving, and the city subsequently relieves the railway company of the condition imposed, the abutting property owners will thereafter be liable for the original cost of paving.</p>

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