Attorney General v. Boston & Maine Railroad

This is an information brought by the attorney general, to restrain the Boston and Maine Railroad from increas ing its capita! stock for the purpose of extending its road iron *100Berwick to Portland, and from issuing the new stock at par to its stockholders, in pursuance of a vote of the corporation to that effect.

The Boston and Maine Railroad originally consisted of three corporations, chartered respectively by the states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. In 1841 the two corporations in Massachusetts and New Hampshire were united, and in 1843 the corporation in Maine was united with…