Morton v. City of Nevada
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri
At Law. Action for money had and received.
1Opinion of the CourtPhilips, J.
This is an action for money had and received, and grows out of the following state of facts, substantially, presented on an agreed statement: The defendant is an incorporated town, under the (leneral Statutes of the state. In 1870 the Tebo & Neosho Railroad Company was constructing a railroad in the direction of the defendant town. To secure the location of a depot within one-half mile of the public square, the board of trustees agreed with said company to donate 10 acres of ground for such depot purposes. To this end said trustees passed a resolution to procuro and donate to the company the…
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