Wemple v. St. Louis, Jerseyville & Springfield Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
Two questions are presented upon this record for our decision : First, does the instrument on which suit is brought, require that the certificates of five shares in the capital stock of the railroad company shall be issued and tendered to the appellants on the 1st day of January, A. D. 1882? second, was it in compliance with the agreement expressed in .the condition in that instrument, that the railroad was so constructed that cars could be and ivere safely run over its track, upon the line, and within the time prescribed, as the court instructed the jury?
First—The instrument reads as follows:
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