Atwood v. Shenandoah V. R. R.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decrees of circuit court of Roanoke city, rendered December 24th, 1887, and April 24th, 1888, respectively, in the chancery cause wherein Charles G-. Atwood and others were complainants, and are the appellants here, and the Shenandoah Railroad Company and others were defendants. The company was incorporated in this State, and given general powers to build a railroad. Subsequently similar powers were given it by West Virginia and Maryland.
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Appeal from decrees of circuit court of Roanoke city, rendered December 24th, 1887, and April 24th, 1888, respectively, in the chancery cause wherein Charles G-. Atwood and others were complainants, and are the appellants here, and the Shenandoah Railroad Company and others were defendants. The company was incorporated in this State, and given general powers to build a railroad. Subsequently similar powers were given it by West Virginia and Maryland. Different mortgages were executed by the company to secure various bonds, the Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company being trustee,…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
This is a case of far more than ordinary importance; and in the investigation of the complicated questions involved, this court has been favored with elaborate arguments, written and oral, of eminent counsel, at home and from abroad, in which the claims of the respective contestants have all been discussed with consummate skill and ability.
In this opinion we have no concern with the questions decided by the court below in its decree of April, 1888, as those questions will he treated and decided in separate opinions; we are, therefore, restricted in this opinion to the consideration of the…
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