Legal Opinion

Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund v. Lewis

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1894PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Taylor, J.:

The appellee sued the appellants as Trustees of the Interna] Improvement Fund of the State of Florida by bill in equity in the Circuit Court of Leon county to compel them as such Trustees to pay twenty-five interest coupons for the sum of thirty-five dollars each, rep resenting the semi-annual installments of interest falling due upon the first days of March and September in the years 1889 and 1890 and on the first of March, 1891, upon five bonds for the sum of $1000.00 each, numbered respectively 1075, 1233, 1234,1235 and 1240, issued on March 1st, 1856 by the Florida Railroad…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Gelpcke v. DubuqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1864
  2. Spooner v. HolmesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  3. Stewart v. LansingSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. Evertson v. . National Bank of NewportNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  5. Welsh v. First Division of the St. Paul & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1878

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Fahs v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
  2. Taylor v. RoederSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
  3. National Bank v. Duval CountySupreme Court of Florida · 1903
  4. Fahs v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
  5. Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Key Biscayne BankCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974

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