Alsop v. Riker
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
William H. Aspinwall, Joseph W. Alsop, Edwin Bartlett, David Leavitt, Edward Learned, Samuel W. Comstock, and William A. Booth, holders of construction bonds of the Ohio and Mississippi Bailroad Company, Eastern Division, issued to the stockholders and creditors of that corporation on the 15th day of December, 1858, a circular inviting them to unite in adopting an agreement such as was transmitted with the circular. In that circular they expressed the opinion that by the adoption of the proposed agreement the company would be enabled to place its road and property in a condition to command…
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