Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. v. Gittings
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. A general statement of the ease will be found in the opinion of the Court. The following Exhibit of the complainant, which was received by its agent from the appellee Gittings, and tlie agreement of counsel, will further contribute to elucidate the questions discussed : Exhibit C. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co. in aect. with Chesapeake Bank and J. 8. Gittings, for the Trustees of the Canal Go.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. A general statement of the ease will be found in the opinion of the Court. The following Exhibit of the complainant, which was received by its agent from the appellee Gittings, and tlie agreement of counsel, will further contribute to elucidate the questions discussed : Exhibit C. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co. in aect. with Chesapeake Bank and J. 8. Gittings, for the Trustees of the Canal Go. Dk. 1840. To notes rec’d in May............... 63,993 90 “ June............... 133,158 16 « a “ July................ 67,182 75 ii a “ August...'......’...…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
On the 22d of January, 1840, the Chesapeake, and Ohio Canal Company, the appellant in this case, with a view to provide a fund for the redemption of certain canal scrip previously issued by it, executed in pursuance of an order of its board of president and directors a'deed of trust to James Swan, John S. Gittings and William Gunton, of certain five per cent, sterling bonds of the State of Maryland, which had been authorized to be given to the company, by the Act of' 1838, ch. 386.
In consequence of some objections to the details of this deed, the trustees declined to accept the’ trust, and…
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