NORTHERN INDIANA RAILROAD CO. v. MICHIGAN CENT. RD. CO.


56 U.S. 233 (1853)

15 How. 233

THE NORTHERN INDIANA RAILROAD COMPANY, AND THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE WESTERN DIVISION OF THE BUFFALO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD, APPELLANTS, v. THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Bronson, for the appellants, and by Mr. Pruyn and Mr. Jay, for the appellees.


Mr. Justice M'LEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal in chancery, from the Circuit Court of the District of Michigan.

The Northern Indiana Railroad Company, and the Board of Commissioners for the Western Division of the Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad, corporations created by, and doing business in, the State of Indiana, filed their bill in the Circuit Court, stating that an act of the legislature...

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