St. Louis, Alton & Rock Island R. R. v. Coultas
Illinois Supreme Court
Writs of Error to the Circuit Court of Scott county; the Hon. David M. Woodson, Judge, presiding. The defendants in error, respectively, instituted their actions of debt against the St. Louis, Alton and Rock Island Railroad Company, the name of which had been changed from that of the Rock Island and Alton Railroad Company, upon the following'instrument: “ The Rock Island and Alton Railroad Company, principal, and David Skilling, Robert E. Haggart, William H. Wilson, F. T.…
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Writs of Error to the Circuit Court of Scott county; the Hon. David M. Woodson, Judge, presiding. The defendants in error, respectively, instituted their actions of debt against the St. Louis, Alton and Rock Island Railroad Company, the name of which had been changed from that of the Rock Island and Alton Railroad Company, upon the following'instrument: “ The Rock Island and Alton Railroad Company, principal, and David Skilling, Robert E. Haggart, William H. Wilson, F. T. Hale, securities, acknowledge themselves to be jointly and severally bound unto Alexander J. Hawks, John Gamón and Mary…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beckwith
The questions presented for our determination in these cases are the same, and they will be considered together. The actions are debt, and are brought upon an instrument by which the defendants acknowledge themselves bound unto nine persons according to their relative and respective several interests, in the penal sum of three thousand dollars, which is conditional that the railroad company shall, on the assessment of damages to be made to secure the right of way, pay to the obligees, relatively and respectively, the damages which may be assessed as aforesaid. The declarations allege the…
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