New Bedford Railroad v. Old Colony Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort. The declaration was as follows: “ And the plaintiff says that it was, at the time of the acts below set forth, the owner, and operating as common carrier of persons and freight, a railroad for the conveyance of passengers and freight; and that said railroad formed a junction with the railroad of the Middleborough and Taunton Railroad Company, and at said junction the track of said last named railroad was connected with the track of the plaintiff’s railroad by means of…
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Tort. The declaration was as follows: “ And the plaintiff says that it was, at the time of the acts below set forth, the owner, and operating as common carrier of persons and freight, a railroad for the conveyance of passengers and freight; and that said railroad formed a junction with the railroad of the Middleborough and Taunton Railroad Company, and at said junction the track of said last named railroad was connected with the track of the plaintiff’s railroad by means of a switch, and it became, and was, by the provisions of law and the agreement of said railroad companies, the duty of the…
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
The St. of 1874, c. 55, authorizes the defendant cor poration “ to purchase the rights, franchise and property of the Middleborough and Taunton Railroad Corporation,” and gives to the latter corporation, upon such purchase, power to convey to the Old Colony Railroad Company “ its franchises and property, and all the rights, easements, privileges and powers granted to it.” It also declares that upon such conveyance the defendant corporation shall “have and enjoy all the rights, powers, privileges, easements, franchises and property of said Middleborough and Taunton Railroad Corporation, and be…
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