Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Delaware; Edward G. Bradford, Judge. Action at law by the United States against the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Company. Judgment for the United States, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McPHERSON, Circuit Judge.
The United States is, and for many years has been, the owner of 14,625 shares of stock in the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Company, and brings this action of assumpsit to enforce payment of three dividends that werp declared thereon. The dividends in question are for 1873, 1875, and 1876, the government averring that payment has not been made. The record before us does not show precisely when or how the stock was acquired, but the ownership undoubtedly antedates the earliest of these years. The amount claimed is $51,187.50, with interest from November 17, 1911, this…
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