Cumberland & Ohio R. v. Washington County Court

Opinion by

Judge Pryor :

In the proceeding against the judge of the Washington County Court by mandamus to compel him to subscribe in behalf of Washington county $400,000 to the capital stock of the Cumberland & Ohio Railroad Company, and that- he be required to issue bonds in payment of the subscription, all the matters by the county judge in defense of that proceeding by the railroad company are now relied on by the present appellee, as affording sufficient grounds for the interference of the chancellor to grant the relief sought. In order to defeat the application for the writ or the relief…