Sturges v. Stetson

McLEAN, Circuit Justice.

This action is brought on a promissory note for $24.000, made to plaintiff by defendant, dated February 4th, 1853, and payable on demand. The questions before the court are raised by the ninth plea, which states that the Hills-boro and Cincinnati Railroad Company, on the 31st of January, 1853, was engaged in the construction of its line of road from Cincinnati to the Ohio river, at or opposite Parkers-burg, in Virginia; that its capital stock, under various acts of the legislature, was five millions of dollars, and was divided into shares of fifty dollars each; that…