Bonaparte v. Baltimore, Hampden & Lake Roland Railroad
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, in Equity. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. A re-argument of the case “upon the question of the validity of the organization of the corporation under the charter of 18T2, and the right to exercise the rights and franchises therein named,” was ordered by the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtIrving, J.
By chapter 284 of the Acts of the General Assembly -of 18T2 was passed the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Baltimore, Hampden and Lake Roland Railroad Company.” The first section of the Act names certain persons as commissioners to take subscriptions to the capital stock of the company; and in case of the •death, resignation or refusal to serve of any of the persons named as commissioners, a majority of the remaining commissioners were given authority to appoint others. By the second section of the Act the subscribers to the stock, and their successors and assigns, are declared…
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