Coghlan v. South Carolina Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
•APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The court stated the case as follows: By an act of the, general assembly of South Carolina, of December 19, 1835, the' Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad Company was incorporated with power to construct a railroad from Charleston, South Carolina, to Cincinnati, Ohio. 8 Stats. So. Car. 409. See also 8 Stats. So.
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•APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The court stated the case as follows: By an act of the, general assembly of South Carolina, of December 19, 1835, the' Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad Company was incorporated with power to construct a railroad from Charleston, South Carolina, to Cincinnati, Ohio. 8 Stats. So. Car. 409. See also 8 Stats. So. Car. 354, 355, 380, 384, 406. Subsequently, December 21,1836, the name of that company was changed to that of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad Company. 8 Stats. So. Car. 96. By a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
We have seen that the bonds in suit were redeemable on the first day of January, 1866, and not before without the consent of the holder, and were payable in pounds sterling with interest at the rate of five per cent per annum from date, the interest to be paid semi-annually on named days, “ on presenting the proper coupons for the same at the house of Palmers; Mackillop, Dent & Co., London, where the principal will also be redeemed on the surrender of this certificate.” The contract, therefore, was one which in all its parts was to be performed in England. Nevertheless, it is contended that…
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