Post v. County of Pulaski

This action was prosecuted on 196 interest coupons attached to 36 railroad aid bonds issued by Pulaski county on the 17 th day of October, 1872, in part payment of a §100,000 subscription to the capital stock of the Cairo & Vincennes Railroad Company. The subscription was made under the tenth section of the Cairo .& Vincennes Railroad charter, to be found in volume 2 of the Private Laws of the State of Illinois, passed in 1867, and is as follows:

“Sec. 10. The several towns, cities, or counties through or near which said railroad shall pass may subscribe for and take stock in this company, and…