New Albany & Salem Railroad v. McCormick

Suit by the New Albmy and Salem Railroad Company, commenced on the 28th of September, 1855, against John Me Cormick, upon a subscription of stock as follows:

“We, the undersigned, promise to pay the New Albany/ and Salem Railroad Company, the sum of 50 dollars for *500each share of stock set opposite to our respective names, provided said railroad company shall locate said railroad through the town of Lafayette, and cross the Wabash River north of Brown street in said town. Said stock to be paid out in installments of twenty-five per centum every six months, after the location of said road through…