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· 11/3/1890

Penna. R. v. Bor. of Freeport

Citations

  • 138 Pa. 91
  • 20 A. 940
  • 1890 Pa. LEXIS 1241

Syllabus

<p>A preliminary injunction was awarded by the court below, on a bill filed by a railroad company against a borough and its officers, to restrain defendants from interfering with the laying of a second track upon land acquired by the plaintiff company’s lessor from the commonwealth, but which had been permissively used as a passage-way by the public for more than twenty-one years: affirmed.</p>

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  • event which occurs pending an appeal supports dismissal for mootness if the event renders it impossible for court to grant relief

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Judges: Collum, Cueiam, Gbeen, Mitchell, Paxson, Stebbett, Williams

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