Wilson v. Knox County
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
At Law. Action on promissory notes. This was a suit against Knox comity, Mo., on certain county warrants aggregating $7,000, which were of the following form, omitting the dates, names of payees, amounts, etc. “¡State of Missouri!. “$--. Edina,---, 188-. “Treasurer of Knox County: Pay to -- —---dollars out of any money in the treasury appropriated for--fund. Given at the court- house the date above written, by order of the county court.
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At Law. Action on promissory notes. This was a suit against Knox comity, Mo., on certain county warrants aggregating $7,000, which were of the following form, omitting the dates, names of payees, amounts, etc. “¡State of Missouri!. “$--. Edina,---, 188-. “Treasurer of Knox County: Pay to -- —---dollars out of any money in the treasury appropriated for--fund. Given at the court- house the date above written, by order of the county court. “Attest: --.Clerk.- ---, Presiding Judge. ” The warrants were originally issued to a citizen of the state of Missouri, who assigned them to the plaintiff, a…
1Opinion of the Court
Milleii, Justice.
Tills case is pending in the northern division of this district, but by stipulation of counsel has been argued before us in the eastern division of the district.
The question that arises on the demurrer to the plea of the jurisdiction is whether the assignee of the warrants can maintain a suit thereon in. this court, under the judiciary act of March 3, 1887, although the original holder was incapacitated from maintaining such a suit. The clause of the act under which the question arises is as follows:
“Xor shall any circuit or district court have cognizance of any suit except…
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