IOR/L/L/8/93

An appeal from the Supreme Court of Judicature: Between the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (Appellant), and the Secretary of State for India in Council (Respondents).

The appeal is concerning the terms of purchase of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway by the East India Company as mentioned in a contract, dated 17 Aug 1849, between the East India Company and the Railway. The original case concerned the value of the stock of the railway at the date of its purchase. The appeal was dismissed.

This file includes: Originating Summons; Instructions, Brief for Defendant; Shorthand notes of argument from 4 Jul 1900; Shorthand notes of judgement from 10 Jul 1900; Order from 10 Jul 1900; Notice of Appeal from 20 Jul 1900; Brief on Hearing of Appeal; Transcript of first day of appeal from 30 Jul 1900; Transcript of second day of appeal from 31 Jul 1900; Transcript of third day of appeal from 2 Aug 1900; Appeal Judgment dated 9 Aug 1900; Record of loans raised in England according to the East India Loan Act between Feb 1898 and Apr 1900; Copy of correspondence between the India Office and Bank of England regarding interest rates; Note on the purchase of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway and arrangements for the working of the line, dated 1 Jan 1901; Affadavits of Joseph Ibbitson Berry, Frederick Firebrace, Ralph Todhunter and Sir Henry Waterfield; Extracts from the London Gazette; Associated papers and correspondence