Roberts v. Bolles
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois., This was an action brought by Bolles & Co. against the town of Roberts on certain bonds and coupons issued in its name by the supervisor of the town, in payment of its subscription to the capital stock of the Hamilton, Lacón, and Eastern Railroad Company. A judgment was rendered against the town, and the case was removed here on error.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois., This was an action brought by Bolles & Co. against the town of Roberts on certain bonds and coupons issued in its name by the supervisor of the town, in payment of its subscription to the capital stock of the Hamilton, Lacón, and Eastern Railroad Company. A judgment was rendered against the town, and the case was removed here on error. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This case involves the validity of certain township bonds, bearing date April 7, 1871, issued in the name of the town of Roberts, in the county of Marshall, 111., and made payable to the Hamilton, Lacón, and Eastern Railroad Company, or bearer, on the 7th of April, 1874, with interest from date, payable annually, on the presentation and surrender of the interest coupons as they matured.
Each bond, signed by the supervisor of the town, attested by its clerk, and certified upon its face to have been duly recorded in the township registry of bonds, as directed by law, recites that it “ is one of…
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