Smith v. Reading City Passenger Ry.
Citations
- 156 Pa. 5
- 26 A. 779
- 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1301
Syllabus
<p>Street railways — Enlargement of powers — Lease—Title to act — Injunction — Act of March 22, 1887.</p> <p>Upon an appeal from a refusal to grant a preliminary injunction to restrain a city passenger railway company from leasing its road to a motor power company, the Supreme Court will not decide whether a city passenger railway company, without power under its charter or under the general laws relating to city passenger railways to lease its line, has such power by implication under subdivision 8, of § 1, of the act of March 22, 1887, P. L. 8, which gives to motor power companies the power “ to lease the property and franchises of passenger railway companies and operate them,” but without stating in the title of the act a purpose to enlarge the powers of city passenger railways.</p>
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