Corcoran v. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from tbe Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia. Tbe case is stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Tbe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, from tbe date of its organization in 1824-25, issued several series of bonds, secured by as many mortgages on its property. Tbe largest of these mortgages was tbe earliest, and was given to tbe State of Maryland for several millions of • dollars; another was made to tbe State of Virginia; both of which States contributed largely,' by tbe use of their credit, to tbe construction of this important work. In tbe last stages of tbe struggle to extend the canal to Cumberland, where it reached tbe coal-beds, which alone have…
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