Williams v. Fort Worth & New Orleans Railway Co.

MARR, Judge,

Section A.—The Fort Worth & New Orleans Railway Company instituted suit in the County Court of Ellis County against John G. Williams, June 28,1887, to recover on a note for $800, payable in four installments, at stated times, of $200 each, two of which installments had been paid. The note sued on was one of many going to make up the sum of $25,000, contributed by the citizens of Waxahachie, Texas, and vicinity in aid of the construction of the road of the Fort Worth & New Orleans Railway Company from Fort Worth, Texas, to Waxahachie, and to an intersection with the Central Texas &…