Legal Opinion

Vose v. Reed

United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Florida

Decided May 15, 1871PublishedCited by 7 opinions

At chambers. Application for an attachment, as for a contempt, and for the appointment of a receiver, on amended bill and answers of the several defendants and affidavits.

1Opinion of the Court

BRADLEY, Circuit .Justice.

The legislature of Florida, by an act passed January 6, 1S55, vested certain public lands, including all swamp and overflowed lands, belonging to the state, in the governor, comptroller, treasurer, attorney general and register, as trustees, to constitute an internal improvement fund, and to serve, amongst other things, as a guaranty of bonds to be issued by certain designated railroad companies for the procurement of iron rails and rolling stock. A certificate of guaranty was to be placed on the bonds of the Trustees. In case the interest on these bonds and one per…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Horn v. Pere Marquette R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan · 1907
  2. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Kansas City, W. & N. W. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas · 1892
  3. Union Trust Co. v. Southern Inland Navigation & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
  4. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Auditor GeneralMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Bland v. FleemanDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1887

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