Pennsylvania Railroad v. Turtle Creek Valley Electric Railway Co.

Citations

• 179 Pa. 584
• 36 A. 348
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 694

Syllabus

<p>Street railways — Line through several municipalities — Consent of all local authorities.</p> <p>• A corporation authorized to build a street railway through several municipalities has no right to enter upon the construction of its railway in any one municipality until it has obtained the necessary local consent of all of them.</p> <p>Street railways — Equity—Scope of decree.</p> <p>Where a plaintiff files a bill to restrain the construction of a street railway through a particular street and upon a bridge in a designated borough, and the court enjoins the construction of the railway on the street and bridge designated, and refuses to enjoin its construction at other points not the subject of any particular averment or prayer for ruling, the plaintiff has no cause to complain that the decree is too limited in its scope, and in such a case, if other trespasses should be committed or threatened by the street railway company, appropriate application may be made to the - court for such other relief as may be needed.</p>