Lewis v. Pima County
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. This was an action originally begun in the District Court of the First Judicial District of Arizona upon 2250 coupons attached to 150 bonds, issued by the defendant county July 1, 1883, and payable to the Arizona Narrow Gauge Eailroad Company or bearer.
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APPEAL PROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. This was an action originally begun in the District Court of the First Judicial District of Arizona upon 2250 coupons attached to 150 bonds, issued by the defendant county July 1, 1883, and payable to the Arizona Narrow Gauge Eailroad Company or bearer. The railroad in question was organized under a general act of the territorial legislature for the incorporation of railroads, passed in 1879, which gave them power to make all contracts, acquire real and personal property, to sue and be sued, to borrow money necessary for the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This case involves the validity of certain bonds issued by the county of Pima under an act of the legislative assembly of Arizona, approved February 21, 1883, authorizing and requiring the board of supervisors to issue $200,000 of bonds of such county, and to exchange the same in" lots of $50,000 each for an equal number of the bonds of the Arizona and Narrow Gauge Eailroad Company, secured by a mortgage upop its road. Assuming that' the bonds were issued in conformity with this act, the act itself is claimed to be in conflict with certain acts of Congress upon the subject of the organization…
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