Commonwealth of Virginia v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant on the 21st of December, 1867, against the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company — William W. Corcoran, George W. Riggs, J. B. H. Smith, Horatio Allen and J. Philip Roman, trustees of the preferred bondholders, and John S. Gittings, Allen Bowie Davis, Charles H. Carter and Mrs. Isabella Brown, bondholders.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant on the 21st of December, 1867, against the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company — William W. Corcoran, George W. Riggs, J. B. H. Smith, Horatio Allen and J. Philip Roman, trustees of the preferred bondholders, and John S. Gittings, Allen Bowie Davis, Charles H. Carter and Mrs. Isabella Brown, bondholders. Its object was to procure a decree determining the legal and equitable priorities of the holders of the various classes of bonds issued by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company; ordering their…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
After a persistent and successful struggle of more than forty years with many disasters and innumerable difficulties, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company has at last received from its tolls and revenues a surplus over and above its ordinary expenses, applicable to the payment of its preferred or lien creditors. Under the pi’oceedings in this cause a part of this surplus has been paid into Court, and the immediate question now to be decided is, to whom shall this fund be paid ? Inasmuch, however, as there is a confident and apparently well-founded expectation that there will hereafter be…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Rail RoadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1832
- Swan v. PattersonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1854
- Brady v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1867
- Brawner v. WatkinsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1868
- Walker v. StoneCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1863
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- Corcoran v. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Zollickoffer v. SethCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876
- Board of Education v. Alcrymat Corp. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1970
- Conger v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
- State v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1891
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