Insurance Co. v. Bruce
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The factá are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
delivered the opinion of the court.-
This action involves the liability of the town of Bruce, in the State of Illinois, upon sundry interest coupons, attached to bonds, in the ordinary form of negotiable municipal bonds. On the first day of December, 1870, they were delivered by the constituted authorities, of the town to the Plymouth, Kankakee, and Pacific Railroad. Company in payment of a subscription to the capital stock of the Kankakee and Illinois River Railroad Company. The latter company, after organization, became consolidated with the former, .and hence the delivery to the…
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