Gates v. Boston & New York Air Line Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for an injunction restraining the defendant corporation from ratifying a lease of its road, for the appointment of a receiver and for an account; brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex County, and heard before Phelps, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the defendants. Appeal by the plaintiff. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Stoddard, J.*
The New -Haven, Middletown & Willianantic Railroad' Company was chartered by the General Assembly of the state of Connecticut in the year 1867, for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad from the city of New Haven to the village of Willimantic, and wholly within the territorial limits of this state. By its charter that corporation was invested with all the usual franchises and powers conferred upon railroad companies, including, of course, the right to take .private property by the exercise of the right of eminent domain.
The capital stock was $3,000,000, with the…
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