Case: Chester City v. Pennsylvania
Abbreviation: Chester City v. Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1890-03-10
Docket Number: No. 1498
Citation: 134 U.S. 240
Volume: 134
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Chester City v. Pennsylvania.
Judges: 
Pages: 240–240

Head Matter:
Chester City v. Pennsylvania.
Error to tbe Supreme Court of the Stat^ of Pennsylvania.
No. 1498.
Submitted January 27, 1890.
Decided March 10, 1890.
Mr. James W. M. Kewlin for the plaintiff in- error.
Mr. William S. Kirkpatrick and Mr. John F. Sanderson for defendant in error;
Mr. M. E. Olmsted, and Mr.. Wayne McVeagh, on behalf of W. W. Jennings, plaintiff in error in No. 1242; Mr. W. B. Larnber-ton and Mr. George R. Koercher, on 'behalf of the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company, defendant in error in No. 1556;,'and Mr. M. E. Olmsted, on behalf of the Delaware Division Canal Company, The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, The New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, The Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation, The Delaware, Lacka-wanna and Western Railroad Company, and The Lehigh Valley' Railroad Company, filed briefs entitled in Bell’s Gap Railroad Co. v. .Pennsylvania and Gity of Chester v. Pennsylvania.

Opinion:
Motions were made in this case similar to those made in Bell's Gap Railroad Co. v. Pennsylvania. Mr. Justice Bradley delivered the opinion of the court. This case, so far as any federal 'question is concerned, is similar, in all substantial respects; to that of Bell's Gap Railroad Co. v. Pennsylvania, just decided, and' must be governed by the decision in that case.
The motion to dismiss the writ of error is denied, and the judgment of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is affirmed.