County of Morgan v. Allen
Supreme Court of the United States
ApPEAL'from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. ' . The County Court of Morgan County, in the State of Illinois, at its December Term, 1856, in pursuance of authority conferred by statute (Private Laws Illinois, 1853, p. 53; id., 1854, p. 207), and in accordance with a vote of the people at an .’election previously held, entered upon its records a subscription, unconditional in form, of the sum of $50,000, payable in bonds of the…
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ApPEAL'from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. ' . The County Court of Morgan County, in the State of Illinois, at its December Term, 1856, in pursuance of authority conferred by statute (Private Laws Illinois, 1853, p. 53; id., 1854, p. 207), and in accordance with a vote of the people at an .’election previously held, entered upon its records a subscription, unconditional in form, of the sum of $50,000, payable in bonds of the county, to the capital stock of the Illinois River Railroad Company, a corporation created by the laws of Illinois, with…
1Opinion of the Court 1
103 U.S. 498 (____)
COUNTY OF MORGAN
v.
ALLEN.
Supreme Court of United States.
The case was argued by Mr. William Brown and Mr. William M. Springer for the appellant, and by Mr. Washington H. Campbell and Mr. Henry S. Green for the appellees.
MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after making the foregoing statement of the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The right of the creditors of the Illinois River Railroad Company to subject to the satisfaction of their claims the bonds issued by Morgan County for its subscription to the capital stock of the company has for many years been the subject of litigation in…
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- Sanger v. UptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Sawyer v. HoagSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- County of Morgan v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Morgan County v. ThomasIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
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