Manchester & Lawrence Railroad v. Concord Railroad
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, against the Concord Railroad Corporation and others, directors and officers of the defendant corporation. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Blodgett,
J. This proceeding is a bill in equity for a discovery and an accounting of the defendants’ dealings with the plaintiffs’ railroad properties from December 1, 1856, to July 1, 1887, under various contracts and leases; for the delivery of certain books, records, and papers alleged to belong to the plaintiffs; for the return to them of rolling stock and equipments of the appraised value of $147,592, which went into the defendants’ possession at the time they took the plaintiffs’ road, and which they still retain; and for the determination and adjustment of the respective rights of the…
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