Powell v. North Missouri Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action brought by plaintiff to recover of defendant his salary as secretary of the Chariton and Randolph Railroad Company. Testimony was introduced showing the election and services of plaintiff as secretary of that company. The remaining facts pertinent to this cause appear in the opinion of the court. I. A sale by the Chariton and Randolph Railroad to defendant-,, under the act of Feb. 10, 1864 (Adj. Sess.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action brought by plaintiff to recover of defendant his salary as secretary of the Chariton and Randolph Railroad Company. Testimony was introduced showing the election and services of plaintiff as secretary of that company. The remaining facts pertinent to this cause appear in the opinion of the court. I. A sale by the Chariton and Randolph Railroad to defendant-,, under the act of Feb. 10, 1864 (Adj. Sess. Acts, 1863-4), in the absence of fraud, vests a complete title to all effects and assets sold and transferred in defendant. ( Vide act…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
The petition is in the nature of a bill in equity, for an account of the assets of the Chariton and Randolph Railroad Company, in the hands of the defendant. It is alleged that this company, by an agreement with the defendant, and by virtue of the act of *66the General Assembly, approved February 10, 1864, for the consideration of one dollar and of the covenants contained in the instruments of transfer, surrendered and transferred to the defendant their franchises and property, of the value of $200,000, and that it was agreed that, upon the acceptance of such transfer, the other corporation…
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