Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Danville & Bloomsburg Street Railway Co.

Citations

• 211 Pa. 591
• 61 A. 80
• 1905 Pa. LEXIS 508

Syllabus

<p>Railroads—Street railways—Grade crossings—Preliminary injunction— Equity—Act of June 19, 1871, P. L. 1360.</p> <p>A preliminary injunction restraining a street railway company from laying its tracks at grade over the tracks of a steam railroad in a borough will be continued until final hearing where the evidence tends to show that ■ the crossing in question was at a point where the railroad passed over the principal street in the borough; that the street was so closely built up that no view of coming trains could be had until the crossing was reached; that over and across the street eight regular passenger trains and six regular freight trains passed daily; that the operation of a neighboring switch required a large amount of shifting across the street; that at the point in question a large number of vehicles and pedestrians passed hourly; and the evidence is conflicting as to whether an overhead crossing is reasonably practicable.</p>