Sandford v. Railroad Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was a bill in equity of Edward S. Sandford against The Catawissa, Williamsport & Erie Railroad Company, and E. W. Paul and others, carrying on business under the name of the International Express Company, submitted to the Supreme Court in equity, at Philadelphia.
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This was a bill in equity of Edward S. Sandford against The Catawissa, Williamsport & Erie Railroad Company, and E. W. Paul and others, carrying on business under the name of the International Express Company, submitted to the Supreme Court in equity, at Philadelphia. In the bill it was alleged that the said railroad company have attached to their passenger trains, for the purpose of carrying express matter, a suitable and convenient car, and that the same had been used by a firm engaged in such business, known by the name of Howard $ Company, from July, 1854, till about the 30th October,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Lewis, C. J.
It is provided by the Act of 16th June, 1836, that the Supreme Court and the several Courts of Common Pleas shall have the jurisdiction and powers of a Court of Chancery so far as relates to the supervision and control of all corporations other than those of a municipal character. The equity powers of our Courts in respect to individuals, are circumscribed within a limited sphere: Gilden v. Merwin, 6 Wharton 522. But over corporations, their equity jurisdiction is general and unlimited. In the exercise of it, they possess all the power and…
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