Cooper v. Laber
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
This was an action by [Tunis Cooper] the indorsee of a promissory note given by the defendant [Jacob Laber] on the 6th day of May. 183(1, for the sum of thirty-seven hundred dollars, to the Racine and Mississippi Railroad Company, and payable with ten per cent, interest, at the office of the company, in Racine. Wisconsin, on the 10th day of May. 1S01.
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, District Judge,
charged the jury as follows:
It is necessary that you should understand clearly the circumstances under which this note was given. By acts of the legislatures of Wisconsin and of Illinois, certain corporations were authorized to construct a railroad from Racine, partly through Wisconsin and partly through Illinois to the Mississippi river at Savannah, and to consolidate those roads with each other, so as to make one continuous line of road. Articles of association were entered into to accomplish that purpose. After this was done, the company sought to raise money by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State of Illinois v. DelafieldNew York Court of Chancery · 1840
- Bank of Rome v. . Village of RomeNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Finnegan v. LeeNew York Supreme Court · 1859