City of South Hutchinson v. Barnum

The defendant in error commenced this action in the district court of Reno county against plaintiff in error, the city of South Hutchinson, a city of the third class, to recover judgment on several interest coupons detached from certain refunding bonds issued by the city. The defense was that the bonds from which said coupons had been detached'were issued by the city without an ordinance having been passed authorizing their issuance, and that the bonds, therefore, were unauthorized.

It was admitted on the trial that the plaintiff was an innocent holder, and that the persons whose names were…