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MARCHANT v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

No. 221.

153 U.S. 380 (1894)

14 S.Ct. 894

38 L.Ed. 751

MARCHANT, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M. Hampton Todd for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Wayne Mac Veagh, (with whom was Mr. A.H. Wintersteen on the brief,) for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a corporation under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and invested with the privilege of taking private property for its corporate use, erected in May, 1881, and has since maintained a viaduct or elevated roadway and railroad thereon, along the south side of Filbert Street in the city of Philadelphia. On the opposite or north side of Filbert Street...

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