Poland v. Lamoille Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill disclosed the following case; On May 1, 1871, the Lamoille Yalley Railroad Company, the Montpelier & St. Johnsbury Railroad Company, and the Essex County Railroad Company, which had been duly chartered by the Legislature, and had entered into a joint arrangement for building and equipping their several roads as one continuous line from the Connecticut River to Swanton, on Lake Champlain, to be known as the Yermont Division of the…
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill disclosed the following case; On May 1, 1871, the Lamoille Yalley Railroad Company, the Montpelier & St. Johnsbury Railroad Company, and the Essex County Railroad Company, which had been duly chartered by the Legislature, and had entered into a joint arrangement for building and equipping their several roads as one continuous line from the Connecticut River to Swanton, on Lake Champlain, to be known as the Yermont Division of the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad, and for operating the same as such a line, in order to raise money to construct and equip…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Powers, J.
On the 1st day of May, 1871, the Lamoille Yalley Railroad Company, the Montpelier & St. Johnsbury Railroad Company, and the Essex County Railroad Company, associated together for the purpose of building a railroad from the Connecticut River to Lake Champlain, and known as the Vermont Division of the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Company, in order to raise money to construct, complete, and equip their railroad, executed to Luke P. Poland and Abraham T. Lowe, as trustees, a trust deed of their railroad, including all its real and personal…
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