West Plains TP. v. Sage
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. . The township of West Plains, in the county of Meade, state of Kansas, the plaintiff in error, brings this writ of error to reverse a judgment rendered against it, and in favor of Henry W. Sage and others, defendants in error, upon certain coupons cut from refunding bonds issued by it under the provisions of chapter 50 of the Laws of Kansas of 1879. The case was tried by the court upon an agreed…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. . The township of West Plains, in the county of Meade, state of Kansas, the plaintiff in error, brings this writ of error to reverse a judgment rendered against it, and in favor of Henry W. Sage and others, defendants in error, upon certain coupons cut from refunding bonds issued by it under the provisions of chapter 50 of the Laws of Kansas of 1879. The case was tried by the court upon an agreed statement of facts. The bonds were payable to bearer, were in the usual form of such securities, and were duly executed…
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge,
after $tating the facts as above, delivered t he opinion of the court,
*946May a municipal corporation make a false certificate and official record that its negotiable bonds were issued for a lawful purpose, and, after they have been bought by innocent purchasers for value in reliance upon this certificate or record, defeat them by the plea that the certificate and record were'false, and that the bonds were in fact issued for an unlawful purpose? This is the question presented by the first objection to this judgment. It is that although the official record of the meetings of…
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