Board of Public Instruction for County of Hernando v. Meredith

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee brought this suit to recover on interest coupons clipped from bonds issued by the Board of Public Instruction for the county of Hernando, Florida, on June 1, 1925. An adverse decision holding the bonds and coupons invalid was reversed by us, 5 Cir., 112 F.2d 914. After the mandate went down, plaintiffs filed, under the provisions of Rule 36, Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, a request for admission by defendant that the coupons were genuine and attached to and delivered with the bonds bearing corresponding numbers, as indicated on the…