N. & W. R. R. v. Pendleton

Citations

• 88 Va. 350
• 13 S.E. 709
• 1891 Va. LEXIS 41

Syllabus

<p>1. Railroad Companies—Overcharges.■—As successor of the A. M. & O. R. R. Co. the N. & W. R. R. Co. is subject to the section of the former’s charter which provides that it shall be subject to all the laws of this state, whereof the act of 1853, prescribing what rates of toll shall be charged for transportation, is one, notwithstanding any provision in the charter granted in 1818 to its predecessor, the L. & T.'R. R. Co., giving it the power to regulate until a certain event which has never occurred. N. & W. R. R. Co. v. Pendleton, 86 Va. 1004, ajiproved.</p> <p>2. Idem—Excessive tolls—•Declaration.—In action against railroad company for charging over tolls, it is sufficient if the declaration conform to the act under which it is drawn, and unnecessary that it aver that defendant is not within the exceptions in 1 and 58, ch. 61, Code, 1863.</p>