Vadas v. Pittsburg, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad

Citations

• 230 Pa. 41
• 79 A. 166
• 1911 Pa. LEXIS 558

Syllabus

<p>Railroads — Lease—Liability for negligence — Acts of April 83, 1861, P. L. 410, and February 17, 1870, P. L. 31 — Municipal consent.</p> <p>1. A railroad company which has, under the authority of the Acts of April 23, 1861, P. L. 410, and February 17, 1870, P. L. 31, leased its completed road and property of every kind to another railroad company is not liable for the negligent operation of trains by its lessee.</p> <p>2. Municipal consent given to a railroad to build and operate its road within a city passes under a lease of the railroad to another railroad company, so as to make the lessee and not the lessor liable for the negligent operation of trains within the city after the date of the lease.</p>