Shapleigh v. San Angelo
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. This was an action brought by Augustus F. Shapleigb, a citizen of the State of Missouri, against the city of San Angelo, a city incorporated on February 10, 1892, under the laws of the State of Texas.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. This was an action brought by Augustus F. Shapleigb, a citizen of the State of Missouri, against the city of San Angelo, a city incorporated on February 10, 1892, under the laws of the State of Texas. The plaintiff’s amended petition, filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas on March 9,1895, contained two counts, the first asking judgment for the amount of certain unpaid coupons for interest on bonds issued by a municipal organization, styled “the city of San Angelo,”…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
In January, 1889, the city of San Angelo was existing and acting as an organized municipal corporation, with a mayor, a board of aldermen and other functionaries. In pursuance of an ordinance of the city council in May, 1889, there were issued the bonds in question in this case. It was not denied that the proceedings were regular in form, that the bonds were duly executed and registered as required by law, that the proceeds of their sale were properly applied to improving the streets, and public highways of the city, and that the plaintiff was a bona fide holder for value.
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