Wright v. Kentucky & Great Eastern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS PROM THE OIRCÜIT OOURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OP KENTUCKY. The facts which make the case are. stated' in the opinion of •• the court.
1Opinion of the Court
' Me. Justice Blatchfoed
delivered the opinion of the court.
On the 18th of December, 1850, the Legislature of Kentucky, by special act, Laws of 1850, vol. ii., ch. 96, p. 73, created a corporation known as the Maysville and Big Sandy Railroad Company (hereinafter called the Big Sandy Company), with power to construct and maintain a railroad, commencing at or near the city of Maysville, Kentucky, and running thence to the Big Sandy River, by such route as might be- found practicable. The act gave authority to the counties of Mason, Lewis and Greenup, and to any town in any of those counties, to…
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