THE YORK AND MARYLAND LINE RAILROAD CO. v. WINANS


58 U.S. 30 (1854)

17 How. 30

THE YORK AND MARYLAND LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ROSS WINANS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. J. Mason Campbell, and Mr. Johnson, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. St. George T. Campbell, and Mr. Latrobe, for the defendant.


Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff is a corporation existing under a charter from the State of Pennsylvania, and authorized to construct a railroad from the town of York to the Maryland line. Its stock was subscribed for by the Baltimore and Susquehanna railroad company, a Maryland corporation, and their joint capital is vested in a continuous railroad from the city of Baltimore to York....

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