Power v. Gainesville & Northwestern Railroad
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action on contract — appeal; from White superior court — Judge J. B. Jones. December 3, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, C. J.
The suit was upon two contracts in which Power agreed to pay fifty dollars provided the Gainesville & Northwestern Railroad Company, along a specified route to be built from Gaines-ville to Robertstown, ran a regular passenger-train within two years from the date of the contract. The contracts of the various subscribers provided that the makers should give notes, '“one-half to be paid in 30 days and the other one-half to be paid within six months” after the first passenger-train had been operated on the railroad, but Power did not give the notes. The precise language of the condition of the…
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