Frazier v. Railway Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM ‘ IÍROX. Appeal from Chancery Court of Knox County. IT. R. .GÍTBSON, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtBurton, J.
Some time prior to 1860 there existed two separate railroad corporations, one known *142as the .East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Company and the other as the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company. Each owned and was operating an independent line . of railway under charters granted by this State. Under the Internal Improvement Acts of 1851-2, State bonds to a large amount were loaned to each company, and thus each became largely indebted to the State. By an Act passed February 25, 1869, railroad companies so indebted were permitted to consolidate and adopt the name and charter of either…
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- Denver v. RoaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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