Dublin Township v. Milford Savings Institution
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR -TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. The original action was brought by the Milford Five Cent Savings Institution, a New Hampshire corporation, against the Trustees of Dublin Township, Mercer County, Ohio, upon coupons attached to bonds issued by the defendants to aid in the construction of a railroad, under the statute of Ohio of April 10, 1880. 'T'T Ohio Laws, 165. Each count of the petition set forth at length provisions of…
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ERROR -TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. The original action was brought by the Milford Five Cent Savings Institution, a New Hampshire corporation, against the Trustees of Dublin Township, Mercer County, Ohio, upon coupons attached to bonds issued by the defendants to aid in the construction of a railroad, under the statute of Ohio of April 10, 1880. 'T'T Ohio Laws, 165. Each count of the petition set forth at length provisions of that statute, and the facts relied on as constituting the cause of action, and alleged that the statute "was not in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Geay
By the rules often laid down in former cases, and restated at the last term in Jewell v. Knight, 123 U. S. 426, and at the present term in Fire Lnsurance Association v. Wickham, ante, 426, this court cannot take jurisdiction of this case, because, besides the manifest attempt to refer ,to this court for decision substantially the whole case by the device of splitting it up into several questions, neither of. the questions certified presents a distinct point or proposition of law, clearly and precisely stated; but each requires this court to find out for itself the point intended to be…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. NorthwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Jewell v. KnightSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- United States v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1847
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