Legal Opinion
Eastern Townships Bank v. St. Johnsbury & L. C. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Vermont
Decided November 7, 1889PublishedCited by 3 opinions
At Law.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The defendant joined with other railroad companies in taking a lease of thé railroad of the Canada Junction Railroad Company, not built, hut agreed to be built by Bradley Barlow, and in the execution of this guaranty upon 150 $1,000 negotiable bonds of that company, which Barlow was to have in payment lor building the road: “Por valuó received in the use and operating of the Canada Junction Railroad under a lease thereof and assignments of said lease, the Montreal, Portland & Boston Railway Company, the Southeastern Railway Company of Canada, and the St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad…
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- Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. v. Oregonian Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Watson's Executors v. McLarenNew York Supreme Court · 1838
- Trust Co. v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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