St. Louis, V. & T. H. R. v. Terre Haute & I. R.
United States Circuit Court
In Equity. On demurrer to bill.
1Opinion of the CourtGresham, J.
The complainant, the St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute Railroad Company was chartered by an act of the general assembly of the state of Illinois, approved February 10, 1865, to construct and operate a railroad from the bank of the Mississippi river, opposite East St. Louis, to the eastern boundary of the state of Illinois, at a point most convenient for extending the same to the city of Terre Haute, in the state of Indiana; and this charter was amended by an act approved February 8, 1867. The defendant was chartered by an act of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, passed January 26,…
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