Illig v. Chartiers Southern Railway Co.

Citations

• 268 Pa. 467
• 112 A. 116
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 719

Syllabus

<p>Railroads — Relocating road — Resolution of directors passed in another state.</p> <p>1. A resolution of the directors of a railroad company of Pennsylvania, relocating its road, is not invalid because it was passed at a directors’ meeting held in another state.</p> <p>Railroads — Condemnation proceedings — Bond — No penal sum named in bond — Constitution—Acts of Feb. 19, 181^9, P. L. 79, and April 9, 18B6, P. L. B88.</p> <p>2. A bond of a railroad company filed in condemnation proceedings, is not invalid because no penal sum is named in the bond.</p> <p>3. Article XVI, section 8, of the Constitution, and the Acts of Feb. 19, 1849, P. L. 79, and April 9, 1856, P. L. 288, merely require that the compensation for damages must be secured.</p>