Kirkland and Beardsley vs. Black River & Utica Rail Road Company legal documents

Collection — manuscript box: 8 - folder 1

Identifier: 1122m

Scope and content

Manuscript and printed legal documents in the lawsuit as it came before the New York State Supreme Court, including points on the part of the plaintiffs, subpoenas, deposition of Samuel Beardsley, and correspondence relating to the case. Also, documents in the appeal in the case of Maus V.V. Rosa vs. John Butterfield et al., tried in the state Supreme Court in 1860, which also concerns money owed by the Black River & Utica Rail Road Company.

Dates

1859-1860.

Creator

Kirkland, Charles P. (Charles Pinckney), 1830-1904 (Plaintiff, Person)
Beardsley, Samuel, 1790-1860 (Plaintiff, Person)
Rosa, Maus V. V. (Appellant, Person)
Black River & Utica Railroad, (Defendant, Organization)
Ontario Bank, (Defendant, Organization)
New York (State). Supreme Court (Organization)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

The Black River & Utica Rail Road Company had taken out a mortgage on land owned by Charles P. Kirkland and Samuel Beardsley, but the plaintiffs alleged that the company failed to keep up with payments on the mortgage, so they sued the company, officers of the Ontario Bank, and other associated persons. One of the issues in the case was whether the railroad company's locomotives and railroad cars were included in the mortgage or not.