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WRIGHT v. KENTUCKY, &C., RAILWAY CO.

117 U.S. 72 (1886)

WRIGHT, Assignee v. KENTUCKY & GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY & Another. FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST COMPANY v. WRIGHT, Assignee & Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.L. Raison, Jr., for the assignee.

Mr. John A. Campbell for Farmers' Loan & Trust Company.

Mr. Aaron F. Perry for the railroad companies.

MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

On the 18th of December, 1850, the Legislature of Kentucky, by special act, Laws of 1850, vol. ii., ch. 96, p. 73, created a corporation known as the Maysville and Big Sandy Railroad Company (hereinafter called the Big Sandy Company), with power to construct and maintain a railroad, commencing at or near the city of Maysville, Kentucky, and running thence to the Big Sandy River, by such route as might be found...

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