Wert v. Crawfordsville & Alamo Turnpike Co.

The appellees, who were the plaintiffs, sued TVert, upon a subscription of stock to their original articles of association. These articles are set out in the complaint, and read thus:

“"We, the undersigned, do mutually covenant and agree with each other, that we will construct a gravel turnpike road from the town of Craiofordsville, in Montgomery county, Indiana, to the town of Alamo, in said county; that the route of the proposed road shall be located as follows, viz.: Beginning in the center of the Terre Saute State road, at the point at which the same intersects the incorporated limits of…