Van Winkle v. Blackford

Statement of tbo casé by

GreeN, Judge :

This was an action of assumpsit brought in the circuit court of Wood county by W. W. VanWinld e against G. L. B'acktord, administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of Peter G. VauWinkle, deceased. The facts, upon which this spit wits based, as appears from the evidence *673before the jury on its trial, were as follows: The city of Parkersburg subscribed $50,000.00 to the stock of the NorthWestern Virginia Railroad Company, and by an ordinance of the said city passed October 29, 1855, bonds to that amount were issued payable in twenty years, the interest…