Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. McWhinney

Action by appellees against appellant. Complaint in two paragraphs.

The first alleges, in substance, that the plaintiffs were partners doing business under the firm name and style of James McWhinney & Company; that on or about the 7th of June, 1864, the defendant was a corporation, owning and operating a line of railroad extending, from a point on the *437Ohio river, opposite the town of Bellaire, Ohio, to the city of Washington, D. C., and was engaged as a common carrier in transporting goods over said road; that at said town of Bellaire said railroad connected with a railroad owned and operated…