Quincy Railroad Bridge Co. v. County of Adams

This was an action of debt, brought to the Adams circuit court, by the county of Adams, plaintiff, and against the Quincy Railroad Bridge Company, defendants, to recover a tax assessed against the capital stock of the bridge company for the year 1874, for county purposes. There were two special counts and the common counts in the declaration, to which the defendants pleaded seven pleas: 1. Nil debet. 2. Nul tiel corporation as to the bridge company. 3. That it is a corporation created and existing under the laws of this State and of the State of Missouri, and not otherwise. 4. That defendant…