Alexandria & Fredericksburg Railway Co. v. Alexandria & Washington Railroad
Supreme Court of Virginia
On tlie 8th of November, 1876, the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad Company filed its petition in tlie circuit court of Alexandria county, praying to be admitted a party to a certain ckancery suit therein depending between the Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company, plaintiff, and Fowle, Snowden & Co. and others, defendants; the object of which suit was to enjoin the sale of property under a deed of trust executed by the latter company for the benefit of Fowle,…
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On tlie 8th of November, 1876, the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad Company filed its petition in tlie circuit court of Alexandria county, praying to be admitted a party to a certain ckancery suit therein depending between the Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company, plaintiff, and Fowle, Snowden & Co. and others, defendants; the object of which suit was to enjoin the sale of property under a deed of trust executed by the latter company for the benefit of Fowle, Snowden & Co., and to ascertain the liens on said property with their priorities, etc. The petition set forth that by…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
The Alexandria and Washington Eailroad •Company was chartered in February, 1854, for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad between the cities of Alexandria and Washington. It had under its charter acquired title in fee to such lands as were *783suitable and necessary for the purposes for which it was incorporated, in the mode prescribed by statute, and had laid out its road and constructed its road-bed on the lands it had so acquired, and had laid its track, and was running its trains thereon, when the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway Company, having been authorized by act of…
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