Jett v. Brooksville & Ohio River Railroad

Opinion op the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

The Brooksville & Ohio Biver Railroad Company sued Garrett Jett for the sum of $2,000.00 on an unpaid subscription to its capital stock, the subscription paper being in these words:

“We, the undersigned firms, corporations and individuals, subscribe the amount opposite our names toward a stock company to be hereinafter organized for the purpose of purchasing the Brooksville Railroad Company, and agree to pay same when called for, contingent upon ($30,000.00) thirty thousand dollars bona fide subscriptions being received, and provided same is…