Alexandria v. Fairfax
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of tbe ■ State of Virginia. This was an action of covenant, brought in the Circuit Court of the city of Alexandria, Va., by Orlando Fairfax, against the city council of Alexandria, to recover the principal of certain bonds, amounting in the aggregate to $8,700, with -the arrearages of interest due- .thereon.
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Error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of tbe ■ State of Virginia. This was an action of covenant, brought in the Circuit Court of the city of Alexandria, Va., by Orlando Fairfax, against the city council of Alexandria, to recover the principal of certain bonds, amounting in the aggregate to $8,700, with -the arrearages of interest due- .thereon. The following is a copy of one of the bonds: “No. 35.] Alexandria Corporation Stock, $5,200. “There is due from the common council of-Alexandria unto Dr. Orlando Fairfax, $5,200, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the first…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
Orlando Fairfax, a resident of the city of Alexandria, Va., previous to the outbreak of the late civil war, was the owner of about |8,700 of the obligations of said city, which were in the form of bonds; not negotiable ón their face, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable semiannually, and having several years to run, and transferable on the books of the corporation. These obligations were calléd stock of the city of Alexandria.- At the beginning .of the war, Fairfax left Alexandria, and'joined the Confederates, at the city of. Richmond, and did not return until the…
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