Twin Creek & Colemansville Turnpike Road Co. v. Lancaster
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 116 — ORDINARY APPEALS FROM HARRISON CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Where several promise to contribute to a common object desired by all, the promise by each may be a good consideration for the promise of the others. (Parsons on Contracts; vol. 1, p. 452, 6th ed.; Watkins, Tr., v. Eames, 9 Cushing (Mass.), 539.) 2. The fact that the company was not organized at the time the subscription was made does not invalidate it.
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Case 116 — ORDINARY APPEALS FROM HARRISON CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Where several promise to contribute to a common object desired by all, the promise by each may be a good consideration for the promise of the others. (Parsons on Contracts; vol. 1, p. 452, 6th ed.; Watkins, Tr., v. Eames, 9 Cushing (Mass.), 539.) 2. The fact that the company was not organized at the time the subscription was made does not invalidate it. (Lackey v. Richmond and Lancaster Turnpike Road Co., 17 B. M., 48; Thompson v. Page, 1 Met. (Mass.), 570.) 3. Advances having been made and liabilities incurred on the faith of…
1Opinion of the Court
. JUDGE PBYOB
delivered the opinion oe the court.
These appeals are prosecuted from a judgment of the Harrison circuit court, in which a demurrer was sustained to 'the petition of the appellant, and the actions dismissed.
J. A. Lafferty, John W. Martin, and others, including •the two appellees, J. H. Renneckar and Reuben Lancaster, ■were desirous of constructing a turnpike road in the county • of Harrison, between certain designated points, and with a view of creating an incorporated company under chapter 56 of the General Statutes, so as to begin the enterprise, ■ entered into the following…
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