Crilly v. Hemm

Citations

• 27 Pa. Super. 635
• 1905 Pa. Super. LEXIS 118

Syllabus

<p>Contempt of court — Costs—Attachment—Receiver—Notice—Street railways.</p> <p>Where the receiver of a street railway company files a petition for an attachment for contempt against the burgess of a borough for an alleged obstruction of the tracks of the railway, the court cannot, after refusing to issue the attachment, impose any portion of the costs upon the respondent, where it appears that there was no evidence that the respondent had either knowledge or notice of the appointment of the receiver, and the court has affirmatively found that no contempt was committed.</p>