County of Greene v. Daniel
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the Southern District of Alabama. The first of these actions was brought by Richard C. Daniel against the county of Greene in the State of Alabama, to .recover the amount of the principal and interest on certain coupon bonds numbered from 51 to 100, each for five hundred dollars, issued by the county in payment of its subscription to the stock of the Selma, Marion, and Memphis Railroad Company.
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Error to the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the Southern District of Alabama. The first of these actions was brought by Richard C. Daniel against the county of Greene in the State of Alabama, to .recover the amount of the principal and interest on certain coupon bonds numbered from 51 to 100, each for five hundred dollars, issued by the county in payment of its subscription to the stock of the Selma, Marion, and Memphis Railroad Company. The bonds are signed by the judge of the Probate Court of the county as ex officio presiding officer of the court of county commissioners, and are…
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Chief Justíce Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
The principal questions in these cases are : —
1. Whether the demurrer to the complaint should have been sustained because it was not averred specially that the coupons sued on were presented to the court of county commissioners for allowance before the suit was brought; and,
2. Whether the bonds from which the coupons were cut were void because they were not of the same denomination as those specified in the proposition of the railroad company for subscription, submitted to and voted on by. the county.
As to the first question. By the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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