Bissell v. Spring Valley Township
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OE KANSAS. ' Estoppel — Kansas—Municipal Bonds-r-Statufes.
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OE KANSAS. ' Estoppel — Kansas—Municipal Bonds-r-Statufes. This was an actioil' brought by the plaintiff in error to recover the amount of certain interest coupons attached to municipal bonds, which, it is alleged in the petition or complaint, were made, issued, and delivered by the defendant, a municipal corporation of Kansas, to aid in the construction of a railroad running within' and through its corporate limits, under and in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the State of Kansas entitled “ An Act to enable…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
delivered the' opinion of the court. After stating the above recited facts he continued :
The plaintiff in error contends that this judgment, is erroneous on several grounds, which we proceed to considér in their order.
1. It is claimed, in the first place, that the defence is not sufficient, because the signature of the. county clerk is not essential to the validity of the bonds, nor that the county seal should have been affixed thereto by him.
The statute of Kansas, Laws of Kansas of 1870, ch. 90, p. 189, under which the bonds in question purport to have been issued,, contains the following…
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