Thomas v. Inter-County Street Railway

Citations

• 167 Pa. 120
• 31 A. 476
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 867

Syllabus

<p>[Marked to be reported.]</p> <p>Street railways — Consent of borough council — Bribery.</p> <p>It is in effect bribery to secure the action of a public official by the promise of a reward to him as an individual, and the consent of a borough council to the use of a street railway is invalid where it appears that the company agreed to give in consideration therefor employment to the members of the council.</p> <p>Street railways — Right of abutting owner to object to construction of a railway — Municipal consent.</p> <p>An owner of property abutting on a street has a standing in equity to object to the construction of a street railway upon the street, where it appears that the railway company had obtained no valid consent to the use of the street from the municipality: Larimer St. Ry. Co. v. Railway, 137 Pa. 537, and Lockhart v. Craig St. Ry., 145 Pa. 23, distinguished.</p>