Hoard v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Supreme Court of the United States
In equity. Respondents demurred. The demurrer was sustained, and the bill dismissed. Complainants appealed. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This is a bill in chancery brought by Charles B. Hoard against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company in the District Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia.
The main object of the bill, so far as it can be ascertained, is to enforce specifically the contract set out in writing between the complainant and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company, which is made an exhibit to the bill, and purports to have’ been executed on the 28th of July, 1873. The first part of the instrument professes to be a deed of conveyance, whereby, in consideration of the sum of one thousand…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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