Central Vermont Railroad v. Woodstock Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
[In Chancery.] Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill was brought by the Central Yermont Railroad Company, as receiver and manager under direction of the Court of Chancery of the Yermont Central and the Yermont & Canada Railroads, to restrain the Woodstock Railroad Company from extending its road across the tracks of the Yermont Central Railroad at White River Junction, at which place there was a junction of those roads and of the Northern and the Passumpsic Railroads.
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[In Chancery.] Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill was brought by the Central Yermont Railroad Company, as receiver and manager under direction of the Court of Chancery of the Yermont Central and the Yermont & Canada Railroads, to restrain the Woodstock Railroad Company from extending its road across the tracks of the Yermont Central Railroad at White River Junction, at which place there was a junction of those roads and of the Northern and the Passumpsic Railroads. The proposed extension was intended by the petitionee to afford its road better and more economical connection with the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, C. J.
That the Woodstock Railroad Company have the right to extend their road across the road of the Vermont Central at some place and in some manner, is not seriously questioned. The Woodstock Company’s charter confers the right, and the granting of that right is not inconsistent with the charter of the Vermont Central. But the controversy between the parties arises in respect to the place where and the manner in which the Woodstock Company is seeking to exercise the right of crossing the Vermont Central road. The charter of the Woodstock…
2Cited by1 opinion
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