Green v. Bay City & Port Huron Railroad

This case is before us on demurrer to a bill for the specific performance of a contract by which complainants agreed to do the work necessary and *437bear the expense of procuring a right of way for a railroad from the city of Port Huron to the village of Lexington, in consideration of the payment to them of the sum of $30,000, to be paid in advances, made to complainants for the purpose of procuring the right of way, and by a supplemental agreement the balance to be paid out of the proceeds of bonds to be issued and sold by the company, or bonus notes or such other means or methods as the…