Bolles v. Brimfield
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR 'THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. This was an action at law to recover upon bonds and coupons issued by the defendant in error, a municipal corporation. Demurrer to the declaration which was overruled. Defendant declining to answer further, the action was dismissed. The case is stated in the opinion of ¿he court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
In Anderson v. Santa Anna, 116 U. S. 356, 364, we had occasion to consider the validity of so-much of the act of the legislature of Illinois of February 28, 1867, in reference to municipal subscriptions to the stock of the Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad Company, as declared that where elections had been held, and a majority of the legal voters of any township or incorporated town declared in favor of a subscription to the stock of that company, “ then and in that case no other election need be held, and the amount so voted for shall be subscribed ” as in that act provided;…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Burgess v. SeligmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Carroll County v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Grenada County Supervisors v. BrogdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Anderson v. Santa AnnaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- People ex rel. Wilson v. SalomonIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
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- Folsom v. Ninety SixSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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