Ten Eyck v. Pontiac, Oxford & Port Austin Railroad

The plaintiff is, and for many years past has been, an attorney at law residing in the city of Pontiac, and he brought this action against defendant to recover for expenses paid, and services performed, as agent and attorney of the defendant company, in securing the right of way for its road, and "for obtaining aid notes, raising money, securing loans, and making contracts for the construction of its road, covering a period from September, 1881, to November, 1883.

The project originally was to construct a railroad from Oxford to Port Austin, a distance of 84 miles, and a corporation was formed…