Du Puy v. Transportation & Terminal Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Dennis, J.), dismissing the bill of complaint in this case. The facts appear in the opinion of the Court. The defendants were the Transportation and Terminal Company, W. Gilmor, president, and in his own right, The Maryland Central Ry.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Dennis, J.), dismissing the bill of complaint in this case. The facts appear in the opinion of the Court. The defendants were the Transportation and Terminal Company, W. Gilmor, president, and in his own right, The Maryland Central Ry. Co., The Maryland Construction Company, John Henry Miller, Samuel Rea, W. J. Taylor, and The Penn Anthracite Coal Co. After asking that the assignment for the benefit of creditors, executed by the Terminal Company, be set aside, the bill set forth that “ in order that said property in the meantime may…
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, J.
The record in this case is quite voluminous, the transac*426tions which it unfolds are numerous, and the fraud which it exposes, is both bold and unblushing. The bill which opened the pending controversy was filed by stockholders of “ The Transportation and Terminal Company of Baltimore City,” in behalf of themselves and others who might join them, against that company and other corporations and individuals, who were made co-defendants ; and its object is to secure the appointment of a receiver, who shall be clothed with authority to institute appropriate proceedings to rip up the unlawful and…
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