Day v. Postal Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeals from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The first and second appeal in this case were taken from the final decree of the Court helow, of the 2nd of January, 1886, dismissing the original and amended bills as against The Postal Telegraph Company of Baltimore City, •and directing the receivers in the proceedings mentioned, to surrender the possession of the property of said company, consisting of telegraph lines, wires and poles within the State of Maryland, to said…
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Appeals from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The first and second appeal in this case were taken from the final decree of the Court helow, of the 2nd of January, 1886, dismissing the original and amended bills as against The Postal Telegraph Company of Baltimore City, •and directing the receivers in the proceedings mentioned, to surrender the possession of the property of said company, consisting of telegraph lines, wires and poles within the State of Maryland, to said company or its manager. The third appeal was taken from the order of the 2nd of February, 1886, dismissing the petition…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
On the 30th of May, 1885, Austin G. Day, the appellant on this appeal, filed in the Circuit Court of Baltimore *358City, a general creditors’ bill against The Postal Telegraph and Cable Company, and The Postal Telegraph Company of Baltimore City. Both companies have been duly incorporated, the former under the laws'of the State of New York, and the latter under the general incorporation law of this State. As the titles indicate, these companies were incorporated as telegraph companies, with p>owers to construct and maintain lines of telegraph, and to do a general telegraph business. The New York…
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