Williamsport v. Williamsport Passenger Railway

Citations

• 203 Pa. 1
• 52 A. 51
• 1902 Pa. LEXIS 639

Syllabus

<p>Street railways — Paving streets — Act of April 15, 1863, P. L. of 1864, page 1080, incorporating Williamsport Passenger Pailway.</p> <p>Under the Act of April 15, 1863, P. L. of 1864, page 1080, incorporating the Williamsport Passenger Railway, the railway company is under no liability to pave the streets traversed by the line of its road.</p> <p>The Williamsport Passenger Railway Company cannot be held liable for the cost of paving a street because it had knowledge of the contract between the city and the paving company which did the work, or because its officers conferred with the highway committee of the city as to the grade, or because it paid under protest the cost of paving part of the street.</p>