Willis v. Pittsburg Railways Co.

Citations

• 234 Pa. 120
• 82 A. 1117
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 619

Syllabus

<p>Railroads — Charter powers — Steam, railroads and electric passenger railways — Connecting line — Right of lessee.</p> <p>A corporation operating, under leases and with ample charter powers, the lines of a steam railroad company and an electric street railway company will not be restrained at the instance of a township from constructing and operating a connecting line between the two over a township road, where so far as the construction of the tracks is involved the lessee company has gone no further than its lessor could have gone, and where it appears that the railway existed before the township road.</p>