Ketcham v. New Albany & Salem Railroad

Assumpsit, instituted in 1851, by the railroad company against Ketcham, on an alleged subscription of 1,250 dollars of stock. At the August term, 1851, of the Monroe Circuit Court, Ketcham pleaded several pleas, among them the general issue, nul tiel corporation, and a special plea of fraud, which led to issues of fact. The other pleas it is not material to notice.

The cause was continued from time to time till the May term, 1853, when it was docketed for a special term in July *3920f that year, because the judge had been of counsel. At the special term, judge Biclmett, of the adjoining circuit,…