Currier v. Concord Railroad
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity. David Currier and sundry other citizens of the State against the Concord Railroad and the Manchester & Lawrence Railroad and the directors of each of said corporations, and the superintendent and other officers of the Concord Railroad.
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Bill in Equity. David Currier and sundry other citizens of the State against the Concord Railroad and the Manchester & Lawrence Railroad and the directors of each of said corporations, and the superintendent and other officers of the Concord Railroad. The bill states when the roads were chartered, and that by means of the connecting roads below they form portions of rival and competing routes by different lines, for all through business between Manchester and Boston, and by northern connecting lines between the central portions of New Hampshire and Vermont and Boston; that the capital of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBellows , J.
The first cause of demurrer being removed by an amendment of the bill by an averment that the complainants are citizens of this State, we are brought to the consideration of the second cause, which is, that it is not alleged in the bill that the plaintiffs, at the time of the filing of the bill or at any other time, ever had in any way any rights or interests in, or were in any way concerned in, or aggrieved by, any of the said matters in said bill charged and complained of against said defendants.
By the act of July 5, 1867, under which these proceedings were instituted, it is provided that…
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