Beattys v. Town of Solon
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Cortland county. Action by George II. Beattys against the town of Solon on coupons representing interest payable on bonds issued by defendant in aid of the construction of the Utica, Chenango & Cortland Railroad Company to recover damages with compound interest for refusal to pay the same. From a judgment entered for plaintiff on a decision of the circuit court, a jury having been waived, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, Pi J.
It is found that “ the Utica, Chenango & Cortland Railroad Company * * * was a railroad corporation duly organized under the general railroad act of this state by the due filing of its articles of association April 9, 1870, and that it thereupon became incorporated for the purpose of constructing a railroad from the town of Cortlandville through the said town of Solon and the said town of Taylor, in the county of Cortland, and the town of Otselic, in the county of Chenango, in the state of Hew York.” It is also found “ its articles of association were filed in the office of the…
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