COMMONWEALTH v. B. & C. VAL. RR. EXT. CO.


435 Pa. 378 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railroad Extension Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Myers, with him Rhoads, Sinon & Reader, for appellant.

Edward T. Baker, Deputy Attorney General, with him William C. Sennett, Attorney General, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE COHEN, October 9, 1969:

Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railroad Extension Company (appellant) was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1880 and immediately thereafter constructed a 26 mile railroad line from Waynesboro, Franklin County, to Shippensburg, Cumberland County. By a lease dated May 13, 1886, appellant leased the entire line and its other assets to Western Maryland Railroad Company for 50 years. This lease was renewed for another 50 years...

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