Ætna Life Ins. v. Lyon County
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa
This was a suit in equity by the JEtna Life Insurance Company and others against Lyon county, Iowa, to recover money paid to the county for certain of its refunding bonds. The cause was heard on demurrer to the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
SHIRAS, District Judge.
The general facts upon which this proceeding in equity is based are set forth at length in the case of Ætna Life Insurance Co. v. Lyon County, heard before this court, and reported in 44 Fed. 329. In that case, which was an action at law on coupons belonging to a part of the series of bonds issued by Lyon county, which are involved in the present suit, the defense was interposed that the entire series of bonds was void, because in excess of the 5 per cent, limitation; but it was held therein that, under the evidence, it appeared that part of the series of bonds were…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hedges v. Dixon CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Litchfield v. BallouSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Doon Township v. CumminsSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Ætna Life Ins. Co. v. Lyon CountyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa · 1890
- Morton v. City of NevadaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1892
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- Ætna Life Ins. Co. v. Lyon CountyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa · 1899
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