Ogdensburgh & Lake Champlain Railroad v. Nashua & Lowell Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OE NEW HAMPSHIRE. •.This was' a .suit in equity to enforce the payment by defend•ant in this-court, who was also defendant below, of its proportionate share of advances alleged to have been made under an agreement to maintain a joint freight line on the lakes for the benefit of several lines of railway, comprising the line between Ogdensburgh and Boston.
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OE NEW HAMPSHIRE. •.This was' a .suit in equity to enforce the payment by defend•ant in this-court, who was also defendant below, of its proportionate share of advances alleged to have been made under an agreement to maintain a joint freight line on the lakes for the benefit of several lines of railway, comprising the line between Ogdensburgh and Boston. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for the District of New Hampshire, dismissing the bill of appellant,, who was complainant below.
The plaintiff is the owner of a railroad commencing at Ogdensburgh on Lake Ontario, and terminating at Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain. The defendant-owns a road between Nashua and Lowell. The Yennont and Canada B. R. Co., the Yermont Central R. R. Co., the Northern R. R. Co, of New Hampshire, the Concord RJ»R. Co. of New Hampshire, the Nashua & Lowell of New Hampshire, and the Boston & Lowell of Massachusetts, were all largely interested in the…
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