Cromwell v. County of Sac
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the- Dis- . trict of Iowa. This action was brought by Cromwell upon four bonds of the County of Sac, in the.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the- Dis- . trict of Iowa. This action was brought by Cromwell upon four bonds of the County of Sac, in the. State of Iowa, each for $1,000. and four interest coupons attached to them, each for $100. The bonds were issued on the 1st of October, .1860, and made pay- ' able to bearer on the 1st of May, in the years 1868, 1869,1870, and 1871, respectively, at the Metropolitan Bank, in the city of New York, with annual interest at the rate of ten per cent a year. The coupons in suit matured after the 1st of May, 1868. They were, at the option of…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.. Justice Field,
after stating the case,■ delivered the opinion of the court.
It appears that, on the second trial of this case, the plaintiff proved that he had received two of the bonds’ in suit, — those payable ip 1870 and 1871,— with coupons attached, before their maturity, and given value for them, without notice of any defence to them on the part of the county. Under our ruling, . when the case was first here, there can be' no doubt of his right to recover upon them. The only questions for our determination as .respects them • relate to the interest which they shall draw •after…
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