Epworth Assembly v. Ludington & Northern Railway

On May 4, 1894, a contract was entered into between the Citizens’ Development Company, of Ludington, a corporation, the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Company and the Epworth League Training Assembly, a corporation, whose name was afterwards changed to the Epworth Assembly, the plaintiff herein. After recitals stating the purposes thereof, the development company agreed therein to convey certain real estate, lying along the shore of Lake Michigan and about two miles north of Luding-ton, to the Assembly. It also agreed to pay to the Assembly the sum of $1,000 and to attempt to secure…