The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-01

\ ~i~'at W ohS Vi tbC ihotb hHfcI~DtS L'tnt-
bcrs Of the Senate. A crazy man was at
the White House to-day and was arrested.
BRIEF EEws ITEMS.
have most excellent information from
Piedmont, and my informant could not be
more reliable or more capable OF under
standing the situation there.
ii is funny 10 hear that the New York
Republicans are sadly in want Of money for
campaign purposes, and yet the report has
been that they have contributed literally
to the Cozitionists OF Virginia.
The best-iuformed people here believe
that there will be strong movement for a
reduction Of taxation at the next session
Of Congress, and that very high tariff
members will favor a reduction Of the
tax on whiskey and tobacco in order to
necessitste the raising Of more money by
custom duties.
Captain William X. Mayo, who has been
ordered to the command Of the Norfolk
nayy-yard, Is said to be a Yirginisn.
Judge Hughes has furnished the Com
mittee on the Bankrupt Law highly prac-
teal suggestions, which are appreciated.
If it rains in Virginia a. it has been
doing in Washington it will interfere with
your canvass.
Associated Press reports by telegraph 70 the
Disp9tch.i
sUPREHg-COURT DECISIONS.
WASHINGTON, October 3l.-In the SUI
preme Court the following decisions were
rendered to-day:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
plaintiffs in error, Us. George W. hoontz,
administrator; Nos. 400 and 1SS.
The same, plaintiffs in error, rs. Monroe
Funkhouser, administrator in error to the
Supreme Court Of Appeals Of Virginia.
These suits were brought in the State Court
OF Virgins, under the statute Of that State,
to recover from the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company damages for the death OF
sundry persons named in the respective
bills, who were killed in an accident on the
Washington City, Virginia Midland and
Great Southern railroad, which was
at that time leased and operated
by the Baltimore and Ohio Company.
The psintiif in error filed petition for
the removal Of the cases 10 the Federal
courts ON the ground that il was a corpora
ton OF Marylsnd, while the comslainants
were citizens OF Virginia. The State court
refused 70 permit the removal for the
assigned reason that the Baltimore and
Ohio Company by leasing the Virginia
Midland became corporation OF the Slate
Of virginia asd could properly be sued
In the court, If that Stntc. The
question Eere presented is whether by
1 = Afs.l~f Fansn
CORPORATION the Baltimore and Ohio, being
citizen Of Maryland, made itself also
citizen Of Virginia for purposes connected
with the usc OF the leased properly. This
/ Court holds. in an elaborate opinion 10y
Chief-Justicc Waite, that the rights Of cor
porations outside OF the States, under the
authority OF which they were created, de-
pend primarily on their charters. Ii their
charters allow If. they may exercise
their chartered privileges and carry on
7 their business in any other state, which -
express grant or 10y implication permits
+ them TO do 20. They have no absolute
right OF recognition in any other State
than their own. end the State which recog-
niZed them can impose such conditions
on its recognition IS it chooses
not inconsistent with the Constitu-
/ ton end laws Of the United States.
/ II they are permitted to do business with
out limitation, express or implied, they
carry with them wherever they 20 all their
chartered rights, and may claim all their
charter privileges which can be used
swsy from their legal home. BY
doing business away from their L.
gal residence. which is at their
principal place o. business within the
/ State that brought them into existence,
/ they do not lose their citizenship, but sim
ply extend the field OF their operations.
/ They reside at home, but do business
abroad. This court, therefore, does
not hesitate 10 say, with all due respect
for the Court Of Appeals Of Virginia,
! that The Baltimore and Ohio Company, by
taking lease from Virginia corporation,
with the unconditional assent Of the State
OF Virginia. Of railroad which could only
be operated 10y use in Virginia OF the cor
porste franchises Of the lessor, did not
make itself a citizen Of Virginia, or
prrt with any rights IL bad as n
citizen OF Maryland under the C9nstitu-
ton and laws OF the United States. The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
/ therefore, was entitled TO have these cases
removed 10 the Federal courts, and the re-
7 fusal OF state court to permit such re-
mOval was m error.
The Judgment OF the Court Of Appeals
F in each ease is reversed and the eases are
rcmanded 10 the supreme Court Of Appeals
OF Virginia with directions to reverse the
judgments Of the Circuit Court OF the
county and transmit the cases to that court
with instructions to yacate all orders and
I judgments made or entered in said cases
subsequent to the filing OF the several petit
/ lions for removal, end proceed no further
( therein unless its jurisdiction be restored
I ly action OF the Circuit Court Of the United
states OF Of this court. Opinion by Chiet-
/ Justice Waite.
/ No. -. Uaited States, plaintiff in error,
/ rs. George w. Jackson, Edward j. Under
wood, et a., i'm error 70 the Circuit Court
OF the United States for the Eastern Dis
trict OF Virginia. This was a suit brought
/ bv the United states against the suTetics on
/ the official bond o; George W. Jackson,
who Is described in the bond simply rs q
collector OF taxes. The court LelOw held
tbst the bond was absolutely VOID, because
/ II did not state for what particular collection
/ distli Jackson was collector, and because
this uncertainty rendered it impracticatle
/ to prove default by admissible evidence.
This Court holds that the bond would
mot necessarily be void for the reason
above given, bit, since there j. no averment
/ in the declaration that Jackson had ever
been appointed collector OF any district,
I the action cannot be sustained. The iudg-
ment OF the court below must be affirmed.
/ Opinion by Justice Miller.
TIE coyPEDERATE-BOND DOOH.
WASHINGTON, October 3l.-An order
was received in this city for Confederate
bonds to the amount OF 100000 IL IS
I said the recent demands for those bonds
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