Washington, Alexandria & Georgetown R. R. v. Alexandria & Washington R. R.
Supreme Court of Virginia
*The following statement of this case was prepared by JUDGE WILLOUGHBY: The Alexandria and Washington Eailroad Company was chartered in February 1854, by the legislature of Virginia, and was organized pursuant thereto; and Janies S. French was made president. In August 1854, congress passed an act authorizing said company to purchase and hold lands in the District of Columbia, and to lay a track through such streets as the corporate authorities of Washington might approve.
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*The following statement of this case was prepared by JUDGE WILLOUGHBY: The Alexandria and Washington Eailroad Company was chartered in February 1854, by the legislature of Virginia, and was organized pursuant thereto; and Janies S. French was made president. In August 1854, congress passed an act authorizing said company to purchase and hold lands in the District of Columbia, and to lay a track through such streets as the corporate authorities of Washington might approve. In 1855, the authorities of Washington authorized the company to lay its track on Maryland avenue, from the Long Bridge…
1Opinion of the CourtWiggoughby, J.
The two leading questions presented for our decision are:
Rirst. Ought.the case, under the circumstance thereof, to have been removed on the petitions, or either of them, for such removal to the United States Circuit court?
Second. Was the sale made by the trustee, Joseph B. Stewart, valid; and did it operate to extinguish the Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company, and divest it of its corporate rights and privileges?
It would seem to me, without reference to the validity or invalidity of such sale, and without now passing upon the question of its right to be regarded as a corporation,…
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