U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana July 15, 1879 (Western Union Tel. Co. v. American Union Tel. Co.)

HARLAN, Circuit Justice.

I am of the opinion:

First — That the Wabash Railway Company, by its numerous acts of ratification subsequent to its organization, became bound by the contract of May 2, 1870, as fully as the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Company would be if it were in existence and operating the lines of railway in question.