West Virginia & P. R. v. Harrison County Court
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Harrison County. Action by the West Virginia & Pennsylvania Railroad Company against the County Court of Harrison County. Decree for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
The county court of Harrison County submitted to its voters a proposition for the county to suberibe one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in aid of the construction of a railroad from the Pennsylvania state line to Clarks-burg, — “said subscription not to be available or paid to the said railroad company until the road bed of the same shall have been completed ready for the ties and rails from the said Pennsylvania line to said town of Clarksburg,” and on 17th of May, 1881, the voters approved the subscription. No particular corporation was named in the order submitting the…
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