Baltimore Steam Packet Co. v. Williams & Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeals from decrees of the Corporation Court of the city of Norfolk, pronounced -Tune 27, 1892, and February 14. 1894, in two'chancery suits in each of which the appellees were the complainants, and in one of which the Baltimore Steam Packet Company was the defendant, and in the other the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Company was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The questions of law and fact in these two cases being identical, they will be considered together.
Williams & Go. and a number of others, describing themselves as merchants, doing business as such in the city of Norfolk, who sue on behalf of themselves and other merchants similarly situated, filed their bill in the Hustings Court of the said city, averring that they had been required by the defendant corporation, in each case, in addition to the amount required and paid for the transportation of freight, to pay a charge by way of wharfage, which…
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