State v. Morristown

Snodgrass, , J.

The relator is a corporation of ■this State chartered to build and operate a railroad from Morristown, in Hamblen County, to a connection with the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad, in Grainger County* Tennessee.

As such, on March 18, 1890, it submitted to the Mayor and Aldermen of Morristown an application for subscription to the stock of said company, upon, the proposition to build a railroad from said town to a terminus or termini therein set forth. The application and proposition were as follows:

“Morristown, Tenn., March 18, 1890.

“ To' the Mayor and Aldermen…