Supreme Judicial Court of Maine January 23, 1877 (City of Portland v. Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad)

Barrows, J.

On demurrer. The writ contains a count in debt, alleging an indebtment in a sum certain according to an account annexed which states the origin of the claim and specifies the amount as having been paid on a judgment recovered against the plaintiffs by one Josselyn for damages occasioned by a defective railroad crossing, owned and occupied by the defendants and constituting a part of