Transportation Co. v. Parkersburg
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a bill in chancery on demurrer. The complainant below, who is appellant here, according to the statements of the bill, is a corporation of. West Virginia, organized for the purpose of carrying on a transportation business on the Ohio River, together with a general wharf and commission business; its principal office being located at the city of Parkersburg. It is the owner of several steamboats duly enrolled and licensed under the acts of Congress, and plying between Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Parkersburg, Cincinnati, and Covington. The bill was filed…
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