Branch v. Commissioners of Sinking Fund
Supreme Court of Virginia
Petition of Tliomas Branch & - Co. for a writ of mandamus to compel the commissioners of the sinking hind of the state of Virginia, to fund two coupon bonds of the state, numbered 7,742 and 4861, and dated August 4th, 1858, and January 1st, 1867, respectively, and payable to bearer; which bonds had been redeemed by the state, and a registered bond, numbered 595, dated January 11th, 1866, issued instead of number 7742, and a coupon bond, dated January 1st, 1866, issued…
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Petition of Tliomas Branch & - Co. for a writ of mandamus to compel the commissioners of the sinking hind of the state of Virginia, to fund two coupon bonds of the state, numbered 7,742 and 4861, and dated August 4th, 1858, and January 1st, 1867, respectively, and payable to bearer; which bonds had been redeemed by the state, and a registered bond, numbered 595, dated January 11th, 1866, issued instead of number 7742, and a coupon bond, dated January 1st, 1866, issued instead of number 4861; and which bonds, numbered 7742, and 4861, respectively, had been subsequently stolen from the treasury…
1Opinion of the CourtFaitntleroy, J.
Upon the petition of John P. Branch and Fred. B. Scott, partners trading under the name of Thomas Branch & Co., representing that, on the 2d of June, 1879, they purchased' from John B. Maiming, a broker, and member of the New York stock exchange, a coupon bond of the state of Virginia, issued under an act passed by the general assembly, May 25th, 1852, dated August 4th, 1858, of the par value of $1,000, and numbered 7742; and on the 24th day of June, 1879, they purchased from the same party another coupon bond of the par value of $500, numbered 4861, and issued under an act passed March 2d,…
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