Legal Opinion
Lookout Mountain R. Co. v. Houston
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Tennessee
Decided December 2, 1890PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtKky, J.
About the year 1880, the complainant railroad undertook to build a line of road from Chattanooga, Tenu., to Rome, Ga. The contract for tho building of tho road was first made with J. C. Stanton ifc Co., but, before much work was done, J. C. Stanton & Go. surrendered their contract, and it was canceled, and a new contract was made with tho defendants. They were to complete the road ready for the rolling stock within a year, and were to be paid per mile 88,000 of the paid-up capital stock, and §22,000 in the first-class mortgage bonds of the company. The bonds and stocks were to be issued, as…
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