Cohill v. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co.

The appeal in this case is from an order of the Circuit Court for Washington County overruling exceptions to, and ratifying, an audit, distributing a large sum of money in the hands of the Receivers of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, with certain specific directions and reservations with respect to a part of this fund. In this case is presented an exceedingly interesting historical review of facts and circumstances extending over a period, of more than a hundred years, relating to the construction and financing of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and its relation to the District of…