Fort Scott v. Hickman
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OP KANSAS. This ivas an action brought by the defendant in error, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas, against the city of Fort Scott, in the State of Kansas, to recover the amount of principal and interest due on 27 bonds, for $500 each, issued by that city, 12 of ivhich became due on July 1, 1813, and 15 on July 1, 1811. The bonds were coupon bonds, with interest payable…
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OP KANSAS. This ivas an action brought by the defendant in error, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas, against the city of Fort Scott, in the State of Kansas, to recover the amount of principal and interest due on 27 bonds, for $500 each, issued by that city, 12 of ivhich became due on July 1, 1813, and 15 on July 1, 1811. The bonds were coupon bonds, with interest payable annually, on the 1st of July, at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, and were dated July 1, 1871. Each bond contained the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
He stated the facts in the. foregoing language and continued:
The declaration of the plaintiff avers the adoption by the city council of the motion of August 21, 1S78, and sets forth a copy thereof and of the circular letter, and alleges that one of the circulars was sent to the plaintiff, and one to each of the other holders of the defendant’s bonds ; that thus the defendant fully acknowledged and recognized the plaintiff’s bonds as valid and subsisting obligations of the defendant; and that, on the 8th of November, 1875, the defendant recognized the existence and validity of the plaintiff’s…
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