Legal Opinion
Worth v. Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided October 5, 1883PublishedCited by 24 opinions
Civil ACTION tried at January Term, 1882, of Wake Superior Court, before Gilmer, J. The demurrer was overruled and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
In the original act incorporating the Wilmington and Raleigh railroad company, ratified February 3, 1834,. which name was, in a subsequent amendment, changed to that the defendant company now bears, as was its projected northern terminus removed from Raleigh to a point on the Roanoke river,, is contained the following clause:
“All the property purchased by the said president and directors, and that which may be given to the said company, and the works constructed under the authority of this act, and all profits, accruing on said works, and the said property shall be vested in the respective…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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