Wood v. Coosa & Chattooga River Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint in Walker Superior Court. Tried before Judge Walker, at the February Term, 1861. The Coosa and Chattooga River Railroad Company brought their action in- Walker Superior Court, against Constantine Wood, to recover the sum of $75 00, the installments due on five shares of stock in said companyj subscribed by said Wood.
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Complaint in Walker Superior Court. Tried before Judge Walker, at the February Term, 1861. The Coosa and Chattooga River Railroad Company brought their action in- Walker Superior Court, against Constantine Wood, to recover the sum of $75 00, the installments due on five shares of stock in said companyj subscribed by said Wood. Defendant pleaded the general issue, and, in addition thereto, that the company had not complied with their charter; that he subscribed his stock previous to the time of organization of said company, and that a large portion of its stock has since been illegally…
1Opinion of the Court
JBy the Court.
Lyon, J.,
delivering the opinion.
This was an action by the Coosa and Chattooga River Railroad Company, in the Superior Court of Walker county, against Constantine Wood, for the sum of $75 00; two installments of five and ten per cent, on five shares in the capital stock of said company, for which said Wood is alleged to be a subscriber therein.
On the trial, the plaintiff in said action offered in evidence the original book, kept by the commissioners appointed by the charter for organizing said company, for the purpose of entering and recording therein their proceedings as such…
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