Thigpen v. Mississippi Central Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
IN error from the Circuit Court of Madison county. Hon. E. Gr. Henry, judge. There is a very full statement of the facts in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Daniel Mayes, Esq., special judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The object of this suit is to recover certain instalments on five shares of the capital stock of the company, alleged in the complaint to have been subscribed by the defendant “ some time in the summer of 1854.”
The defendant filed three pleas or answers.
1. “And now, at this time, comes the defendant and for plea and answer says, that he never subscribed for five shares of the capital stock of said Mississippi Central Railroad Company, or caused said number of shares to be subscribed for in his name, as alleged in said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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