Legal Opinion

Eddy v. People ex rel. Nolen

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 26, 1889PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the County Court of Gallatin county; the Hon. E. D. Youngblood, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

This appeal is from a judgment of the county court of Gallatin county, against a city lot, for delinquent taxes, for the payment of the interest claimed to be due upon bonds issued by the city of Shawneetown in aid of a subscription to the capital stock of the St. Louis and Southeastern Railway Company.

The question whether the city of Shawneetown should subscribe for $25,000 of the capital stock of the St. Louis and Southeastern Railway Company upon these conditions, namely : “First, subscription to be for $25,000 of the stock of said company, payable in bonds at par, and bearing eight per…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Town of Eagle v. KohnIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Richeson v. People ex rel. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Town of Prairie v. LloydIllinois Supreme Court · 1880

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. McManus v. Duluth, Crookston & Northern R.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892

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