Stewart v. Lansing
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. -
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice, Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit by-John J. Stewart to recover the interest due on coupons which matured July 1, 1872, Jan. 1, 1873,-Jan. 1, 1874, July 1, 1874, Jan. 1, 1875, July 1, 1875, Jan. 1, 1876, and July 1, 1876. They were attached to seventy-five bonds of $1,000 each, purporting to have been issued by the ' town of Lansing, under the authority of a statute of New York, passed May 18,1869, to permit municipal corporations to aid in the construction of railroads. The defence, stated generally, was that the bonds had been issued without…
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