County of Lancaster v. Cheraw & Chester Railroad
Supreme Court of South Carolina
The opinion fully states the case. on the question of ultra vires and estoppel, cited the following authorities : 2 Pars. Cont., 790; Big. Estop., 466; 95 Ill., 245; 83 Id., 141 ; 96 U. S., 312, 341, 267 ; 22 Cal, 620 : 29 JV. J. Eq., 543 ; 63 N. Y., 62. cited the statute quoted in the opinion, and the following additional authorities 93 U. S., 326 ; 31 Penn. St., 334; 109 Mass., 53; 18 Wall., 271; 71 III, 380; 84 111, 435; 12 Abb.
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The opinion fully states the case. on the question of ultra vires and estoppel, cited the following authorities : 2 Pars. Cont., 790; Big. Estop., 466; 95 Ill., 245; 83 Id., 141 ; 96 U. S., 312, 341, 267 ; 22 Cal, 620 : 29 JV. J. Eq., 543 ; 63 N. Y., 62. cited the statute quoted in the opinion, and the following additional authorities 93 U. S., 326 ; 31 Penn. St., 334; 109 Mass., 53; 18 Wall., 271; 71 III, 380; 84 111, 435; 12 Abb. (N. S.), 289; 49 W. Y., Ill; 28 Me., 525; 35 Vl, 205; 52 Penn. St., 498; 38 III, 145; 31 Incl, 1; Big. Estop., 480; 13 S. G., 370; Boone Corp., § 104.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McIver.
By an act approved February 27, 1873 (15 Stat., 442), the defendant company was chartered and authorized “to construct a railroad from Cheraw, in Chesterfield-County, to Chesterville, in Chester County, by such route as shall be found most suitable and advantageous, the precise line and location to be determined upon by the incorporators after the necessary surveys shall have been made.” What was the precise line or location thus determined upon, does not appear in the “Case,” though the road seems to have been completed from Chester…
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