W. M. W. N.W. Ry. Co. v. Wood

Wood had a judgment against the railroad company for $1000. In satisfaction of such judgment, the railroad verbally agreed to pay Wood $800 cash and issue him a pass over the road for himself and family for a period of ten years, the pass to be issued annually on the first of each year, and to stop its trains at his house to let him and his family get on and off whenever they desired to do so during said ten years. In accordance with this agreement, the railroad immediately paid the $800 and issued the pass to Wood and family, and stopped the train at his house for his family to get on and…