Perrine v. Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
. This cause came up from the Circuit Court of' the United States for Delaware, oil a certificate of division in opinion between the .judges thereof. It involved the construction of the ninth and eleventh sections of the charter granted by Maryland, the provisions of which are similar to those of the charter granted by Delaware.
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. This cause came up from the Circuit Court of' the United States for Delaware, oil a certificate of division in opinion between the .judges thereof. It involved the construction of the ninth and eleventh sections of the charter granted by Maryland, the provisions of which are similar to those of the charter granted by Delaware. “ Sec. 9. For and in consideration of the expenses the said stockholders will be at, not only in cutting the said canal and other works for opening the said navigation, but in maintaining and keeping the same in repair, the said canal and works, with all their…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal connects the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, and. derives its corporate existence from charters granted by Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. It passes through the territory of the first two States only; but Pennsylvania was deeply interested in this improvement, and Maryland, it appears, was unwilling to authorize it unless the opening of the navigation of the Susquehannah River was connected with the construction of this canal. Delaware, also, supposed itself to have some demands on Pennsylvania, as appears by the charter it granted. And in…
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