Carson v. Cent. R.R.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Currey,
at the July Term, A. D. 1867, before Mr. Justice Crockett and Mr. Justice Sprague became members of the Court:
An Act was passed in 1862 granting to certain persons named, and their associates and assigns, the right to lay down and maintain an iron railroad within the City and County of San Francisco, along and upon certain streets. (Laws 1862, p. 412.) These grantees assigned the right and franchise to them grantecl to the company now known as the Central *329Railroad Company. In 1863 another Act was passed by the Legislature…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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