Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railway Co. v. Baker

Defendant in error brought this suit in assumpsit against plaintiff in error to recover damages for an alleged breach of the following contract:

“Know all mew by these pbesehts, That .William T. Baker, of Taylorville City, Township of Taylorville and State of Illinois, in consideration of $1 in hand paid by the Indiana, Decatur & Western Railway Company, and here receipted, and to induce the location and construction of another railroad into the county of Christian, and avoid the vexation and expense of legal proceedings to condemn,- do agree that said Indiana, Decatur & Western Railway…