Williamsport v. Williamsport Passenger Railway Co.

Citations

• 206 Pa. 65
• 55 A. 836
• 1903 Pa. LEXIS 647

Syllabus

<p>Street railways — Special charter — Duty to repave streets — Act of April 15, 1863, P. L. (1864) 1080.</p> <p>Where a street railway is incorporated under a special charter which provides “ said company, in constructing said road, shall conform to the grades now used, or hereafter to be by law used, of the several streets, roads and avenues traversed by said road, and keep the same in good repair, at the proper expense of said company,” and it has kept the portion of the streets occupied by its railway in good repair, it cannot be required to pay for repaving them with a new and different kind of pavement adopted by a city whose streets it traverses.</p>