State v. Cowen
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Washington County (Stake, J.), by which it was adjudged that the continuance of the contract between said trustees and the said Chesapeake and Ohio Transportation Company of Washington County is advantageous to the trust estate, and said contract should be continued in force for the balance of the term of ten years, to-wit, to January Tst, 1906. And the Court doth thereupon order, adjudge and decree, that the said trustees be and…
Read the full summary
Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Washington County (Stake, J.), by which it was adjudged that the continuance of the contract between said trustees and the said Chesapeake and Ohio Transportation Company of Washington County is advantageous to the trust estate, and said contract should be continued in force for the balance of the term of ten years, to-wit, to January Tst, 1906. And the Court doth thereupon order, adjudge and decree, that the said trustees be and they are hereby authorized to continue said contract in full force and effect according to its terms ; and doth further…
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
It is not necessary in this opinion to restate the facts connected with the origin of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, the creation of its property and indebtedness, or the successive steps in the litigation that this appeal again brings before us. All that has been exhaustively done in the several opinions in the two cases which are reported respectively in State v. Brown et al., Trustees, 73 Md. 484 et seq., and Canal's Company's case, 83 Md. 551 et seq. In the first mentioned, the original decree passed by the lower Court was affirmed, this Court there holding that the trustees of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Alexander v. WorthingtonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1853
- Cumberland Coal & Iron Co. v. ShermanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1863
- McLaughlin v. BarnumCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1869
- State v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1891
- Thomson v. AlbertCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1860
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by4 opinions
- McGraw v. MerrymanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1918
- Cohill v. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1939
- Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. v. Western Maryland RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1904
- Philpot v. GelstonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1915