United States ex rel. Thompson v. Lee County
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
Motion for an attachment [by the United States, on the relation of J. Edgar Thompson] against the members of the board of supervisors of Lee county, Iowa, for contempt in disobeying a writ of mandamus from this court.
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, District Judge.
The facts are these: The county of Lee, Iowa, in pursuance of a statute of that state, and a vote of the people of the county to that effect, issued coupon bonds in aid of the construction of certain railways. A question was made in the courts of Iowa as to the authority of counties under the law to issue such bonds, and it was held by the highest court of the state, in several cases, that such authority existed. These bonds, therefore, had the popular, the legislative and the judicial sanction. The bonds thus fortified, being delivered to the railway companies, were…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Clapp v. County of CedarSupreme Court of Iowa · 1857
- Ring v. County of JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1858
- Stokes v. County of ScottSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859
- Chamberlain v. City of BurlingtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
- Myers v. County of JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1862
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- United States ex rel. Jones v. City of West Palm BeachCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938