Ravenswood, S. & G. R'y Co. v. Town of Ravenswood
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited Code, c. 54, ss. 57, 58; Code, c. 39, s. 24; 31 W. Ya. 781; 128 U. S. 102; Merrill, Maud. § 111; 45 Ala. 696; 127 ü. S. 105; 51 Ill. 191; 44 Kan. 676; 92 U. S. 631, 634; 31 Pa. St. 174; 7 Cal. 419; 17 Ind. 318. Statutes.—Code, c. 54, ss. 57, 58; Code, c. 39, s. 24; Code, append. 1019; Code, c. 109, s. 2. Pleading.—28 W. Ya. 158; Hogg’s Pleading & Forms, 496, Form No. 236; 14 W. Va. 55, 63; 14 Am. & Eng. Erie.
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cited Code, c. 54, ss. 57, 58; Code, c. 39, s. 24; 31 W. Ya. 781; 128 U. S. 102; Merrill, Maud. § 111; 45 Ala. 696; 127 ü. S. 105; 51 Ill. 191; 44 Kan. 676; 92 U. S. 631, 634; 31 Pa. St. 174; 7 Cal. 419; 17 Ind. 318. Statutes.—Code, c. 54, ss. 57, 58; Code, c. 39, s. 24; Code, append. 1019; Code, c. 109, s. 2. Pleading.—28 W. Ya. 158; Hogg’s Pleading & Forms, 496, Form No. 236; 14 W. Va. 55, 63; 14 Am. & Eng. Erie. Law, 220; 40 Ill. 126; 17 W. Va. 595, 612, 613. Merits.—2 High, Inj. (2nd Ed.) ss. 1289, 1290; 31 W. Ya. 781 (8 S. E. R. 552-7); 4 Fed. Rep. 378; 47 Fed. Rep. 282; 15 Neb. 262; 4…
1Opinion of the Court
Dent, Judge:
On the petition of the Ravenswood, Spencer & Glenville Railway Company, the Circuit Court of Jackson county issued a mandamus nisi against the town of Ravenswood et ed., requiring them to appear and show cause, if any, why the authorities of said town should not be required to issue three thousand dollars of bonds’of said town in payment of subscription to the capital stock of the petitioner, authorized by the voters of said town at an election held therein for that purpose on the second Tuesday in July, 1889.
*734The defendant appeared, and demurred to the said petition and writ. The…
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- People ex rel. Paris & Danville R. R. v. HoldenIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
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