Strang v. Richmond, P. & C. R. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Virginia
This is an application for an injunction, on a bill filed in the circuit court of the United States for the Eastern district of Virginia: The case set forth is substantially this: That the defendant railroad company, under a charter acquired under the laws of the states of Virginia and North Carolina, was engaged in constructing- a line of railway near Richmond, in the state of Virginia, to a point near Ridgeway, in the state of North Carolina; that on or about the 11th of…
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This is an application for an injunction, on a bill filed in the circuit court of the United States for the Eastern district of Virginia: The case set forth is substantially this: That the defendant railroad company, under a charter acquired under the laws of the states of Virginia and North Carolina, was engaged in constructing- a line of railway near Richmond, in the state of Virginia, to a point near Ridgeway, in the state of North Carolina; that on or about the 11th of September, 1897, it mortgaged its line of railway to the defendant the Mercantile Trust Company to secure $2,300,000…
1Opinion of the CourtWaddill, District Judge
(after slating the facts as above). In the condition of the pleadings, it will be necessary first to dispose of the demurrer to the bill; and, in the view tile court takes of that question, it will be unnecessary to pass upon the merits of the motion for an injunction. Upon the demurrer it becomes material to inquire whether the case made by the bill is one in which a court of equity will decree specific performance of a contract, and upon this the following questions arise: (1) Whether a court of equity will entertain a bill to decree specific performance of a contract to build a railroad;…
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- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Cathcart v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- Cooper v. PenaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1863
- Hyer v. Richmond Traction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
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