Legal Opinion
Weil v. Alabama State Land Co.
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided December 20, 1909No. 202Published
Suit by A. J. Weil against the Alabama State Land Company and others. On demurrer to bill.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
The complainant is the holder of seven of the bonds of the state of Alabama, a part-of an issue of 2,000 bonds, authorized by and issued under an act of the legislature of Alabama approved February 11, 1870 (Acts 18G9-70, p. 89), entitled an act “to loan the credit of the state of Alabama to the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad Company, for the purpose of expediting the construction of the railroad of said company within the state of Alabama.” The bonds were issued w the railroad company and by it sold in the market. The bill of complaint seeks io charge certain lands in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Chamberlain v. St. Paul & Sioux City RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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- Tompkins v. Little Rock & Fort Smith RailwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Cunningham v. MacOn & Brunswick RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1895