Coddington v. Railroad Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The allegations of the complainant’s bill, which was dismissed on demurrer, show that prior to 1866 he was the owner of two hundred and fifty-two first-mortgage bonds of the defendant, the Pensacola and Georgia Railroad Company; with several overdue coupons of interest attached; that in 1866 the president of the company induced him to exchange these coupons for certificates of its preferred stock; that he afterwards bought of other persons similar certificates, which had, in like manner, been received in exchange for unpaid coupons, so that in 1869 he was the owner of $64,085 of these…
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