Selma & Tennessee Rail Road v. Tipton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Whit of Error to the Circuit Court of Dallas. This was an action of Jssumpsit, by the plaintiff in error, against the defendant. The declaration contains four counts.
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Whit of Error to the Circuit Court of Dallas. This was an action of Jssumpsit, by the plaintiff in error, against the defendant. The declaration contains four counts. The first count avers that the plaintiff was created a coporation by the name in which it sues, by an act of the General Assembly, approved the 22d December, 1836, and in virtue of an organiza-zation as therein provided for; that the object of the corporation was the construction of a rail-road from Selma, in the county of Dallas, to the Tennessee river, on the line between Alabama and the State of Georgia, in the direction of…
1Opinion of the CourtCollier, C. J.
1. The act of the 22d December, 1836, “ to incorporate the Selma and Tennessee Rail Road Company,” among other things provides, that there shall be established a company with a capital of twelve hundred thoúsand dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each; for the purpose of constructing a rail road from, and to, the points mentioned in the first count of the plaintiff’s declaration. That books of subscription to the stock of the company,- shall be opened under the superintendence of certain persons, who are particularly named. That-the subscription for stock, shall be paid as follows,…
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