Schmoele v. Atlantic City R.R. Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

This is an appeal from a decree of the court of chancery which dismissed the appellant’s bill upon the ground that the averments of the bill did not sustain the relief sought. The bill was to compel specific performance of a contract, dated June 9th, 1877, wherein the Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railway Company agreed to give certain free annual passes over the line of its railroad. The facts herein assumed are from the allegations in the bill and the exhibits annexed to and forming part of the bill.

Under date of June 9th, 1877, William Eord…