Sherman County v. Simons
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES ROE THE DISTRICT OR NEBRASKA. ' The court made the following statement of the casé on Which its opinion is founded.
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES ROE THE DISTRICT OR NEBRASKA. ' The court made the following statement of the casé on Which its opinion is founded. This was a suit brought on the coupons of certain bonds issued by the commissioners of Sherman County, in the State of Nebraska, dated January 1st, 1876, under an act of the legislature of that State approved February 18th, 1875, entitled “ An Act to authorize the commissioners of the counties of Colfax, Platt, Boone, Antelope, 'Howard, Greeley, and Sherman to issue bonds for the purpose of funding the warrants and orders of…
1Opinion of the Court
Ms. Justice Woods
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff in error insists that the facts found by the court show an issue of bonds by the county in excess of the amount authorized by the statute, and that they are therefore void.
The defendant in error is found by the circuit court to be a bona fide holder for value. According to repeated decisions of this court, being such, he was not bound to go behind the law and the recital of the bonds to inquire into the amount of the county indebtedness. Marcy v. Township of Oswego, 92 U. S. 637; Humboldt Township v. Long, Ib. 642; Wilson v.…
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