Indenture of Release between the executors of Samuel Zimmerman's Estate and the Great Western Railway Company, 1858
Item
Title
Indenture of Release between the executors of Samuel Zimmerman's Estate and the Great Western Railway Company, 1858
Description
Indenture of release by executors between Richard Miller, John L. Ranney and Richard Woodruff, all of St. Catharines and Joseph A. Woodruff of Clifton, all executors of the will of Samuel Zimmerman of the first part and The Great Western Railway Company of the second part. Parties of the second part have exonerated parties of the first part to undertake and complete the Sarnia branch of the railway. Also, parties of the first part believe they are entitled to compensation as the death of Zimmerman was caused while travelling on one of the carriages belonging to said company. A sum of $150,000 was agreed upon to be paid to the executors by the Great Western Railway Company, September 7, 1858.
Date
1858-09-07
Subject
Great Western Railway
Zimmerman, Samuel
Zimmerman, Samuel
Source
Woodruff Family fonds, RG 519, Brock University Archives
