Rutland & Burlington Railroad v. Proctor
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit for goods sold and delivered, and for work and labor performed, &c. The parties agreed upon the facts in the case, which were substantially as follows: The plaintiffs’ company was at the time of the sales hereafter mentioned, organized and acting under its charter and the various acts in amendment thereof, for the purposes and with the powers named in and conferred by said charter and acts.
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Assumpsit for goods sold and delivered, and for work and labor performed, &c. The parties agreed upon the facts in the case, which were substantially as follows: The plaintiffs’ company was at the time of the sales hereafter mentioned, organized and acting under its charter and the various acts in amendment thereof, for the purposes and with the powers named in and conferred by said charter and acts. In the summer of 1852, the plaintiffs purchasedyof the Champlain Transportation Company the following named steamboats and property then used in navigating Lake Champlain, and in the carrying of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by .
Redfield, Ch. J.
The plaintiffs being a railway company, (whose road extends from Lake Champlain to Connecticut River with the usual franchises and immunities, and under the ordinary limitations and restrictions,) in order to compete in business, and to improve the profits of their road, in all probability in good faith, purchased the boats and accessories of the Champlain Transportation -Company, a corporation created for carrying passengers and freight upon Lake Champlain. Subsequently they sold one of these boats and the furniture to the…
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