R. R. v. . Commissioners

The plaintiffs ask for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendants to issue six thousand dollars of bonds and deliver same to plaintiffs, on account of Mt. Tirzah Township in said county, and to accept for same sixty shares of stock in plaintiff's corporation. To entitle them to the relief asked, they allege the following facts:

The plaintiff is a corporation, having succeeded to all the rights and franchises of the once existing Roxboro Railroad Company, to which said company, under Laws 1885, ch. 342, the townships of Person County (including Mt. Tirzah), under certain conditions, were…