Langdon v. Vermont & Canada Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
For the facts in this case see 53 Yt. 228-278. The case was continued and heard before the full bench at Montpelier, May, 1882. ' The special masters found, among other facts : “The Central Vermont Railroad Company presented a claim for money originally advanced by it (leaving the matters in relation to the discharge of the duties of its trust and its relation to other roads for adjustment in settlement of its account), for the sum of $681,378, and interest thereon to July…
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For the facts in this case see 53 Yt. 228-278. The case was continued and heard before the full bench at Montpelier, May, 1882. ' The special masters found, among other facts : “The Central Vermont Railroad Company presented a claim for money originally advanced by it (leaving the matters in relation to the discharge of the duties of its trust and its relation to other roads for adjustment in settlement of its account), for the sum of $681,378, and interest thereon to July 1, 1881, $273,-674.14, making a total of $955,052.14. . This claim stands in open account, as shown by Exhibit J, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redeield, J.
This case, in essence and principle, comes now before the court for the third time; but has been presented and treated during the argument as if nothing yet had been decided, and nothing done by the court. It is certain that many words have been spoken by the court, many pages printed. The magnitude and anomalous condition of the case, and the immense amount of property at stake, is perhaps a full apology and explanation. A1J the minute detail of facts, both historical and otherwise, are fully and carefully stated by Judges Barrett and…
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