Cumberland Valley Railroad v. Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railway Co.

Citations

• 177 Pa. 564
• 35 A. 956
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 1013

Syllabus

<p>Railroads— Traffic contract — Railroad connection — Appeal—Review— Equity.</p> <p>Where the decree of a court of equity recognizes the right of one railroad company to have specifically enforced a traffic contract with another railroad company, an appeal by the complainants on the ground of the insufficiency of the decree is premature. If irreconcilable disputes arise as to the apportionment of the joint traffic receipts, either party may call into operation the arbitration clause contained in the contract, or, if this be ineffective, either can ask, on proper proof, for a supplemental decree from the court below.</p>