Pennsylvania Railroad v. Borough
Pennsylvania Railroad v. Borough
Opinion of the Court
The learned judge below found as a fact that “ the poles in controversy and which form the subject of contention were being erected upon the line of the New Portage Road which is owned by the complainant company.” He further found among his conclusions of law, “First. That the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has a full and complete right to
On these findings it appears that the complainant was in the exercise of its legal rights on its own premises and was illegally interfered with by the respondent. The jurisdiction of equity in such cases is too -well established to need discussion. The reason assigned for refusing the injunction is not sufficient. The complainant having the right to build the telegraph line, the purpose which it has in contemplation, and the use it intends to make of the line when built, are not within the province of the court to consider in this proceeding.
The objection that no injunction bond was filed by the complainant, made on the argument here, is one that can be obviated by the filing of the bond at any time before the injunction issues.
Decree reversed and injunction directed to be awarded as prayed.
Reference
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- Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Lilly Borough
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- Syllabus
- Railroads—Boroughs—Telegraphs—Equity. Where a railroad company has a full and complete right to construct a line of railroad over and upon land in a borough, with all of the incidents necessary for the operation and maintenance of such railroad, the borough cannot prevent the railroad company from erecting on such land a line of telegraph poles and wires. On a bill in equity by the railroad company against the borough to restrain such interference, the purpose which the railroad company has in contemplation and the use it intends to make of the telegraph line when built are not within the province of the court to consider. Equity—Equity practice—Injunction bond—Appeals. On an appeal from a decree refusing an injunction, an objection made in the appellate court that no injunction bond was filed by the complainant, is one that can be obviated after the reversal of the decree by the filing of the bond at any time before the injunction issues.