Toledo & Ann Arbor R. R. v. Johnson

This suit was commenced on the 24th day of February, 1879. It was brought to recover as damages the amount agreed to be paid by the terms of the following agreement:

“$100.00. Dundee; Mich., Oct. 4, 1871.

For the purpose of promoting and aiding the construction of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad, and in consideration of the benefits to be derived therefrom, I do hereby pledge and agree to pay to the order of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Railroad Company the sum of one hundred dollars, payable in six months after the first cars run over the road from Ann Arbor to Toledo. Payable on…