Railroad Co. v. McClure
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of Iowa; the case in its principal features being thus: The District Court of Washington County, Iowa, on a bill by the county to restrain the collection of taxes for the pay.ment of certain county bonds issued to railroads in June and July, 1858, and where the fact whether, at the time the bonds were issued, the then constitution of.the State gave authority to counties to issue such bonds, was one of the issues raised by the pleadings, enjoined…
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Error to the Supreme Court of Iowa; the case in its principal features being thus: The District Court of Washington County, Iowa, on a bill by the county to restrain the collection of taxes for the pay.ment of certain county bonds issued to railroads in June and July, 1858, and where the fact whether, at the time the bonds were issued, the then constitution of.the State gave authority to counties to issue such bonds, was one of the issues raised by the pleadings, enjoined the collection; so apparently, in effect, deciding that the bonds were void under the constitution of the State existing…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
stated the case, and delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to the'Supreme Court of the State of Iowa. The case is brought into this court under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act of 1789'. •
Nathaniel McClur.e, and the other complainants who are such in their own right, filed a bill in equity in the District Court of Washington County, whereby they sought to enjoin the collection of taxes, to be applied' in the payment of the interest upon certain bonds issued by that county to the Ohio and Mississippi Bailroad Company, as set forth in the bill.
Samuel S. Owen, the…
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