Legal Opinion

Whalen v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided April 1, 1908PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Howard County (Rogers and Thomas, JJ.) The deed referred to in the opinion of the Court is as follows: ■This Indenture made this 5th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1848, between Thomas B. Dorsey and Milcah Dorsey, his wife, of Howard District of Anne Arundel county in the State of Maryland of the first part and The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company of the second part.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Howard County (Rogers and Thomas, JJ.) The deed referred to in the opinion of the Court is as follows: ■This Indenture made this 5th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1848, between Thomas B. Dorsey and Milcah Dorsey, his wife, of Howard District of Anne Arundel county in the State of Maryland of the first part and The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company of the second part. Witnesseth, that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of twelve hundred dollars current money, to them in hand paid by the said Baltimore and Ohio…

1Opinion of the CourtWorthington, J.

The appeal in this case was taken from an order of the Circuit Court for Howard County, sitting as a Court of equity, sustaining a demurrer to a bill of complaint filed in that Court b> the appellants against the appellee, for the purpose of obtaining an injunction to restrain the appellee from neglecting and refusing to properly maintain a turnout and siding nt Dorsey’s run in Howard County; and from neglecting and refusing to maintain and run a reasonable train service of passenger and freight by or over said Dorsey’s run siding; and from neglecting and refusing to take up and set down at…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Felix v. PatrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Northern Pacific Railroad v. Washington Territory Ex Rel. DustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. New Central Coal Co. v. George's Creek Coal & Iron Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1873
  5. Gilmer v. Mobile & Montgomery Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1885

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Greathouse v. DernSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. Chevy Chase Land Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1999
  3. Hollander v. Central Metal & Supply Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1908
  4. Chevy Chase Land Co. of Montgomery County v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1997
  5. Maryland Trust Co. v. Tulip Realty Co. of Maryland, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1959

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