The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-03
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
TRo BROAD street Railway Cass-Argu.
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SUPREME COURT IN BANC-Chief Justice Wood
ward and Justices Thompson, Strong, and
Agnew.-The Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania
VS.. the Central Passenger Railway Company OF
Philadelphia. Quo warranto
This case came up for argument this morning,
on the following information filed by william
M. Meredith, Attorney General of the Common
wealth. He "gives the Court here TO under
stand and to be informed that the Central Pas
songer Railway Company of the City OF Phiia-
delphia, by the space of one month now last
past, and more, have claimed and yet DO claim,
to have, without any lawful warrant within this
Commonwealth, the franchises, liberties, and
privileges following, VIII
To be of themselves body polite and corpo-
rate by the name of the Central Passenger Rail-
way Company OF the city oil philadelphia.
To construct main line OF road or railway
entering Broad street in the city of Philadelphia
at q point north of Tioga street.
To construct railway or road on and along
said Broad street southward ofCoiumbia avenue.
To use portions of artificial roads, to w.t.
graded and paved streets in the city of Phladel-
pha, for purposes other than the purpose of
crossing the same, without first obta uing the
consent of the parties owning the same.
TO construct railroad suitable tor the pas
cage Of heavy freight, burden and passenger
cars drawn by locomotive engines, or which are
commonly known as railroads, and differently
constructed from what are commonly known as
passenger railroads.
To adopt and use steam passenger cars for the
purpose of drawing and propelllng their cars.
To adopt and use steam passenger cars on
roads and railways not built and constructed by
the said company, or by the North Philadelphia
Plank Road Company, or by the North Philadel-
| phia Passenger Railway Company.
To a0apt and use steam passenger cars on any
railway which has been built and constructed
| since the 10th day of May, 1861 by the North
| Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company, or
| the said defendants, on which the said defen-
| dants may hereafter bulld and construct.
To adapt and use steam passenger cars on any
road or railway, or any part thereof, which the
| North Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company
| has not been authorized and empo wered to con-
| struct on or before the 10th day OF May, A.
| d. 1851.
Whereupon The said Attorney-G General suggests
that the Court here do award a writ directed to
the Sheriff OF Philadelphia commanding him to
| summon the said Central Passenger Railway
| Company of the city of Philadelphia, so that
| they be, and appear before che said Court here,
on day certain, to show by what warrant they
claim to have the franchises, liberties, and privi-
| leges aforesaid.
The reply of defendants to this information is
the same, or substantially the same, as their
| answer filed in the injunction case heard by
| Judge Read
| The case was being argued this morning by
Attomey-General Meredith for the Common
wealth. and by Messrs. Biddle and McMurtrie for
| defendants.
DISTRICT CoURT-Judge Sharswood.-
| S. Beaumont VS.. Jonathan G. Cline. Before re-
| ported. Verdict for plaintiff S249'30.
George ". Gardner VS.. James A. Wright and
| j. Miller McKim, who were sued with Isaac
| Roberts An action on a bond to take the benefit
| of the insolvent laws. etc. The Court directed a
| verdict for plaintiff for $13S0'22, subject TO the
| opinion of the Court as to the law
William H. Richardson vs.. Shortridge, Brother
| q Co., and John Crawford. Replevin. Verdict
| by agreement for defendant.
COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER-Judges ALI
| son and Ludlow.-A number of prisoners charged
with homicide were arraigned this morning,
| among them Edward Cantwell for the killing OF
James McGlnnis, on the 25th of October; Jeffer-
son Spanier, for The killing of Patrick j. Con.
cannon, on the 18th of October; and John Con-
nor, for the killing of Michael Fitzgerald, and
| Patrick Connor and Louis Vessels as accessories
to the killing.
The case of Cantwell will be tried to-day A
jury in his case was being empannelled when
| our report closed.