National Life Insurance v. Mead
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Hughes county. Hon. A. W. Campbell, Judge. Application by. the National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier, Vermont, for a writ of mandamus against Corwin D. Mead, as treasurer of the city of Pierre, to compel the payment of certain interest coupons. From a judgment dismissing the application plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from circuit court, Hughes county. Hon. A. W. Campbell, Judge. Application by. the National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier, Vermont, for a writ of mandamus against Corwin D. Mead, as treasurer of the city of Pierre, to compel the payment of certain interest coupons. From a judgment dismissing the application plaintiff appeals. In arriving at the amount of indebtedness of a city for the purpose of ascertaining the legal limits of indebtedness under Section 4 of Article 13 of the constitution of South Dakota the debt of the school district in which the city is located cannot be…
1Opinion of the CourtHaney, J.
This proceeding was instituted to compel defendant, as treasurer of the city of Pierre, to pay certain interest coupons. A trial by the court, of the issues raised by an alternative writ of mandamus and answer, resulted in a judgment of dismissal, and the plaintiff appealed. October 1, 1890, the city, for value received, executed and delivered to various parties 200 funding bonds, each for $500, numbered consecu*42tively from 1 to 200, inclusive, with interest coupons attached, containing the following recitals: “This bond is one of a series of bonds, amounting to one hundred thousand dollars,…
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