Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Georgia Midland & Gulf Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 21, 1889PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Promissory notes. Railroads. Stock and stockholders Contracts. Before Judge Boynton. Spalding superior court. August term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. The first question is, whether the notes or contracts sued upon were mature when the suits were brought. The stipulation oh the subject of maturity is that the money
*726“ becomes due and payable whenever the board of directors of said railroad company shall decide that the- .... section of twenty miles, (starting at some point on E. T., Va. & Ga. railroad, either in Henry or Butts county, Ga.) or of so many miles as is necessary to complete a railroad of not less width than a standard gauge, between Columbia, Ga., and some point on the E. T.,Va. & Ga. railroad, with the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City of Cincinnati v. RiceOhio Supreme Court · 1846
- Henderson v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
3Cited by4 opinions
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