Town of Bennington v. Park
Supreme Court of Vermont
[In Chancery.] Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The amended bill alleged that on January 16, 1867, and for a long time prior thereto, the defendant Trenor W. Park had been and was the principal owner of what was then known as the Bennington & Rutland Railroad, which extended from Bennington to Rutland, and had for a long time been operated by the Troy & Boston Railroad Company, under a lease from Shepherd Knapp and George Briggs, trustees thereof, in connection with said…
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[In Chancery.] Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The amended bill alleged that on January 16, 1867, and for a long time prior thereto, the defendant Trenor W. Park had been and was the principal owner of what was then known as the Bennington & Rutland Railroad, which extended from Bennington to Rutland, and had for a long time been operated by the Troy & Boston Railroad Company, under a lease from Shepherd Knapp and George Briggs, trustees thereof, in connection with said Troy & Boston Railroad, so as to form a continuous line from Troy to Rutland ; that on January 16, said Park, having…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Powers, J.
At a special session of the Legislature, held in March, 1867, an act was passed entitled, “ An act to enable the towns therein mentioned to aid in obtaining necessary railroad communications.”
The first section declares that the town of Bennington and certain other towns in Bennington and Rutland Counties “ are hereby authorized and empowered to subscribe for, purchase, or acquire upon the conditions in this act specified, the bonds of the Lebanon Springs Railroad Company, a corporation existing in the State of New York, or the bonds or stock…
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