County Judge v. Shelby Railroad
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 32 — MANDAMUS APPEAL PROM SHELBY CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— 13 B. Mon., 1; Slack vs. Maysville and Lexington Railroad Company. 9 B. Mon., 343 ; Cheaney vs. Hooser. 2 B. Mon., 178; City of Louisville vs. Hyatt et al. 36 Barb., 177 ; The People vs. Lawrence. 12 Cal., 75; Buj-nctt vs. City of Sacramento. MS. Opn., Feb. 1, 1859; Bardstown and Louisville Railroad Company vs.-Geo. M. Hayes et al.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion of the court:
The Shelby Railroad, chartered in the year 1852, after being partially graded by the exhaustion of funds subscribed by the stockholders entitled to conditional interest on their stock, the work was hopelessly suspended until an amended charter was granted in January, 1869, at the instance of citizens of that portion of the county in which the road is located. This amendment authorized a subscription of as much as $300,000 additional'stock by the citizens within a defined boundary of the southern section of the county through which the road…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of Lexington v. McQuillan's HeirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1839
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- Sinton v. Carter Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky · 1885
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