The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad Cases in the Courts of Last Resort in America and EnglandLawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson Edward Thompson Company, 1882 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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... defendant , on the 11th day of January , 1877 , was running and operating a railroad through the State of Vir- ginia , and upon said railroad the defendant was a common carrier of freight and passengers for hire . That , on the day and ...
... defendant , on the 11th day of January , 1877 , was running and operating a railroad through the State of Vir- ginia , and upon said railroad the defendant was a common carrier of freight and passengers for hire . That , on the day and ...
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... defendant sub- scribed the agreement , the president and chief engineer of the H. and G. N. R. R. Co. , and other officers and agents of the company , stated to defendant that the depot would be located at a point about two hundred ...
... defendant sub- scribed the agreement , the president and chief engineer of the H. and G. N. R. R. Co. , and other officers and agents of the company , stated to defendant that the depot would be located at a point about two hundred ...
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... defendant subscribed said agreement , and defendant acted on said declarations , and was induced thereby not only to subscribe said agreement , but also to purchase property near said point on the faith of such location of the depot ...
... defendant subscribed said agreement , and defendant acted on said declarations , and was induced thereby not only to subscribe said agreement , but also to purchase property near said point on the faith of such location of the depot ...
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... defendant , was dated May 24th , 1871 , and finally executed on the 30th of that month . The plaintiff swears that all the iron was delivered before the execution of that lease . In any point of view , therefore , there was evidence in ...
... defendant , was dated May 24th , 1871 , and finally executed on the 30th of that month . The plaintiff swears that all the iron was delivered before the execution of that lease . In any point of view , therefore , there was evidence in ...
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... defendant to issue the bonds subscribed for by him . He therefore prayed for a decree of specific performance whereby the corporation defendant should be ordered to issue to him the $ 50,000 in bonds to which he had subscribed . To this ...
... defendant to issue the bonds subscribed for by him . He therefore prayed for a decree of specific performance whereby the corporation defendant should be ordered to issue to him the $ 50,000 in bonds to which he had subscribed . To this ...
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