Railroad Co. v. Koontz
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia. These cases are substantially alike, and present the following facts: — The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was incorporated by the State of Maryland on the 28th of February, 1827, to. build and operate a railroad from Baltimore, in Maryland, to some suitable point on the Ohio River. By the terms of the charter the annual elections of directors were to be held in Baltimore.
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Error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia. These cases are substantially alike, and present the following facts: — The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was incorporated by the State of Maryland on the 28th of February, 1827, to. build and operate a railroad from Baltimore, in Maryland, to some suitable point on the Ohio River. By the terms of the charter the annual elections of directors were to be held in Baltimore. On the 2d of March following, the State of Virginia granted the company the same rights and privileges in Virginia that had been granted to it in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
The questions presented for our consideration are :• 1. Whether a case for removal was made by the company -; add, 2,'’if it was; whether, as it does not appear affirmatively that.-copies of the records have been entered in the Circuit.Court, tlie company has.lost its right to have the judgments reversed for the original .errors’ in-tbat behalf...
The Court of Appeals in-Virginia held, as early as $855, in Baltimore Ohio Railroad Co. v. Gallahue's Adm'rs (12 Gratt. (Va.) 655), that the Baltimore and Ohio company could be sued in Virginia, and in the course of the opinion said that the’effect…
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