County of Warren v. Marcy
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This was an, action brought in the court below by George O. Marcy, the defendant in error, against the County of Warren, to recover the amount of certain coupons, originally attached to certain bonds of the said county, bearing date Jan. 25, 1871. These bonds were in the following form: — “United States of America.— State of Illinois.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This was an, action brought in the court below by George O. Marcy, the defendant in error, against the County of Warren, to recover the amount of certain coupons, originally attached to certain bonds of the said county, bearing date Jan. 25, 1871. These bonds were in the following form: — “United States of America.— State of Illinois. “No. — —.] County of "Warren. [$1,000. “ On the first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, and ninety, the county of Warren, and State of Illinois,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
It is insisted by the plaintiff in error that the bonds and coupons were void, for want of authority in the board of supervisors to issue them, in consequence of insufficient notice of the election. It must be conceded, however, that if the case is to be governed by the act of March 25, 1869, there was no defect in the proceedings. But it is insisted that the act of March 4, 1860, which prescribed a notice of thirty days, by publication in a newspaper, was still binding, and was not abrogated by the act of March 25, the tenth'section of which provided that the question should be submitted in…
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