Legal Opinion
Hopkins v. Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore R. Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 16, 1902PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchmucker, J.
The Baltimore and Port Deposit Railroad Company was incorporated by the Act of 1831, ch. 288. Among the powers conferred upon the company was that of acquiring by condemnation the land necessary to enable it to locate, construct and repair a railroad from Baltimore to Port Deposit not exceeding one hundred feet wide with the necessary additions for embankments and excavations and with as many sets of tracks as it might deem necessary. Sec. 24 of the Act required the road to be commenced within two years and to be finished within ten years thereafter.
The Act of 1837, ch. 30, created the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Baltimore & Havre-de-Grace Turnpike Co. v. Northern Central Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1860
- Wilmington & Susquehanna Rail Road v. CondonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1837
- Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad v. Pennsylvania RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1881
- Herzberg v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1874
- George's Creek Coal & Iron Co. v. New Central Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1874
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Arnsperger v. CrawfordCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1905
- Tighe v. OsborneCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1926
- Sugar v. North Baltimore Methodist Protestant ChurchCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1933
- New York Mining Co. v. Midland Mining Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1904
- Yadkin River Power Co. v. WisslerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
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