M.C. & L.M. RAILWAY CO. v. SWAN


111 U.S. 379 (1884)

MANSFIELD, COLDWATER & LAKE MICHIGAN RAILWAY COMPANY & Another v. SWAN & Another.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21st, 1884.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.H. Hurd and Mr. C.H. Scribner for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. I.P. Pugsley for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action at law originally brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Fulton County, Ohio, by John Swan, S.C. Rose, F.M. Hutchinson, and Robert McMann, as partners under the name of Swan, Rose & Co., against the plaintiffs in error. The object of the suit was the recovery of damages for alleged breaches of a contract for the construction of the railroad of...

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