Branham v. Record

The Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad Company sued the appellee upon the following contract:

“For and in consideration of the benefits that the public in general, and we in particular, will derive from the construction of a first-class railroad from Indianapolis to Vincennes, we, the undersigned, agree to give, donate, and pay to The Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad Company, the amount annexed to our names, respectively, when said railroad company shall have completed said railroad through Morgan county, Indiana, and have the same ready for the running of the cars through said county:…