Story v. Norwich & Worcester Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a bill in chancery, brought by Miner C. Story against the Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company and John T. Cahill. At the term of the superior court, holden in January, 1854, the cause was referred to a committee, whose report embraced substantially the following facts.
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This was a bill in chancery, brought by Miner C. Story against the Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company and John T. Cahill. At the term of the superior court, holden in January, 1854, the cause was referred to a committee, whose report embraced substantially the following facts. In the year 1843, Miner C. Story, the plaintiff, made four contracts with the said Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company, for building the entire extension railroad of said company, from the city of Norwich to its termination at Allyn’s Point, and for constructing for said company a wharf at said Allyn’s Point. One…
1Opinion of the CourtStores, J.
Our view of the facts of this case obviates the necessity of examining many matters of law, which relate to the agreement between the parties, and which, although much discussed, originated solely in different interpretations of the committee’s report. If the transactions of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company, and the sub-contractor, Cahill, amount to a combination on their part to prevent the execution of an award, founded on a submission to which they, with the plaintiff and others, were parties, it is not denied that a court of equity should interpose to protect the rights, which…
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