Rumsey v. New York & Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 3, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Potter Co., Dec. T., 1899, No. 2, on bill in equity in case of Joseph B. Rumsey v. New York & Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Theodore Cobb, William Cobb, William Richardson, Benton McConnell and William Beaver. Bill for specific performance of a contract. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree of specific performance.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
The facts of this case are somewhat complicated, but so far as necessary to develop the principles involved may be stated in reasonable compass.
In July, 1895, the promoters of the New York & Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a New York corporation in process of organization but not yet incorporated, contracted in the name of the company with plaintiff for the building, by the latter, of a railroad from Hornellsville, New York, to the state line of Pennsylvania at or near Genesee. Plaintiff- was to be paid in the stock and bonds of the road, and at or about the same…
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