Greenwood v. Freight Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from -the Circuit Court of the United States- for • the District-'of' Massachusetts. The facts are stated ini the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The appellant, Greenwood, a citizen of the State of New York, brought his bill of complaint against the Union Freight Railroad Company, a corporation established by the laws of Massachusetts; against the Marginal Freight Railroad Company, likewise a Massachusetts corporation; ■ against the city of Boston, its mayor and aldermen by name; and against the directors of the Marginal Freight Railroad Company, — all citizens of Massachusetts.
' The ’Union Freight Railroad Company demurred to the bill, and the demurrer was sustained and the bill dismissed. It is this decree which we. are called on to…
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