Board of Com'rs v. Platt
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. This writ of error was sued out to reverse a judgment in favor of George W. Platt, the defendant in error, and against the board of county commissioners of the county of Lake, the plaintiff in error, upon certain coupons cut from judgment bonds issued by that corporation.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. This writ of error was sued out to reverse a judgment in favor of George W. Platt, the defendant in error, and against the board of county commissioners of the county of Lake, the plaintiff in error, upon certain coupons cut from judgment bonds issued by that corporation. The complaint contained allegations that on April 16, 1891, a judgment for $60,000 was rendered against the plaintiff in error in favor of Daniel E. Parks, in the district court of Arapahoe county, in the state of Colorado; that the plaintiff in…
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, Circuit Judge
The prohibition of the constitution of Colorado is against the creation of a debt in excess of the limit there prescribed. If the Parks judgment against the board of county commissioners of Lake county on April 16, 1891, evidenced a vaíid indebtedness of that county, the issue of the bonds 1‘rom which the coupons in suit were cut in payment of that judgment was not (he creation of a debt, and did not fall under the ban of the constitution. It was but the extension of the time of payment of a debt already existing and due, pursuant to plenary authority given to the board oí county…
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