Mayor of Baltimore v. President of Baltimore & Yorktown Turnpike Road
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of Circuit Court No. 2, of Baltimore City (Wickes, J.), dismissing the bill of complaint filed by the appellants. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
The Baltimore and Yorktown Turnpike Company was incorporated by the Act of 1804, chapter 51, to build and maintain a turnpike road from the city of Baltimore to the Pennsylvania line.
By the Act of i860, chapter 209, the company was authorized and empowered to build a passenger railway on its road-bed from Baltimore to Towsontown. Having built and operated the street railway- for a number of years, the company, under power conferred by the Act of 1872, chapt. 337, sold and conveyed to the Baltimore Union Passenger Railway Company the franchises, rights and privileges of the street railway…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- New York & New England Railroad v. BristolSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Peddicord v. Baltimore, Catonsville & Ellicott's Mills Passenger Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1871
3Cited by3 opinions
- Mayor of Baltimore v. United Railways & Electric Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1908
- United Railways & Electric Co. v. State Roads CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1914
- Mayor of Baltimore v. Baltimore, Catonsville & Ellicott's Mills Passenger RailroadBaltimore City Court · 1896