Garrard v. Pittsburgh & Connelsville Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe District Court of Allegheny county. This was an action of trover and conversion brought by the Pittsburgh and Connelsville Railroad Company against John H. Garrard.
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Error to tbe District Court of Allegheny county. This was an action of trover and conversion brought by the Pittsburgh and Connelsville Railroad Company against John H. Garrard. The county of Allegheny made and delivered to the Railroad Cmpany, under the provisions of an Act of Assembly authorizing the same, 750 bonds of $1000, each with coupons attached, dated 1st July, 1853. The material part of the bonds was as follows:— “ Know all men by these presents, that the county of Allegheny, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is indebted to the Pittsburgh and Connelsville Railroad Company in the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lewis, O. J.
This is an action of trover and conversion, brought by the Pittsburgh and Connelsville Railroad Company to recover damages for the conversion of a bond given by the county of Allegheny in payment of its subscription to the stock of the company. On the 1st July, 1853, the commissioners of Allegheny county issued 750 bonds, in each of which the county acknowledged itself indebted to the Pittsburgh and Connelsville *158Railroad Company in the sum of $1000, and promised to pay the same, thirty years after date, to the said railroad company, or…
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