United States v. County of Clark
Supreme Court of the United States
■ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the. Eastern District of Missouri. On the fourth day of January, 1876, the United States, on the relation of .William A, Johnston j filed in the court below a petition for a mandamus against the County Court of - Clark County, Missouri, and the justices thereof.
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■ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the. Eastern District of Missouri. On the fourth day of January, 1876, the United States, on the relation of .William A, Johnston j filed in the court below a petition for a mandamus against the County Court of - Clark County, Missouri, and the justices thereof. The case exhibited by the pleadings is this: On the sixth day. of June, 1874, .said Johnston recovered a judgment in said Circuit Court against that county for $8,606.64 and costs. The judgment was for unpaid instalments of interest on bonds of the county, each for, $500, issued on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
The question presented by the récord is, whether the relator is entitled to payment of his judgment out of the general funds of the county, so far as the special tax of one-twentieth of one per cent is insufficient to pay it. And we think that he is thus entitled is plain enough, unless the act which, gave the county authority to issue the bonds directs otherwise. That act gave . plenary authority to the' county to subscribe to the capital stock -of the railroad company and to issue bonds therefor, . but imposed no limit upon the amount which it empowered a county to subscribe, and for the…
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