Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad v. Louisa Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the Court'of Appeals of the State of Virginia, b.y a writ of error, issued under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court. 1. That, under'the act passed the 25th of February, 1834, incorporating the stockholders of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad Company, Sess.
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This case was brought up from the Court'of Appeals of the State of Virginia, b.y a writ of error, issued under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court. 1. That, under'the act passed the 25th of February, 1834, incorporating the stockholders of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad Company, Sess. Acts, 1833 - 4, p. 127, there is, by force of the 38th section, copied in the record, at p. 165, and of what has been done under the act, a contract, the obligation of which cannot be impaired by any State law. Fletcher v. Peck,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice GRIEÍt
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case comes before us on a writ of error to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
The appellants filed their bill in the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond Circuit, setting forth that, on the 25th of February, 1834, the'';General Assembly of Virginia passed an act entitled “ An act to incorporate the stockholders of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company;” That in order to induce persons to embark their capital in a work of great public utility, the legislature pledged itself to the said company, that, in the…
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