Smeltzer v. White
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. The plaintiff in error, who is a citizen of Iowa, having sold to the defendant in error, a citizen of Maryland, certain warrants purporting to be issued by the counties of O’Brien, Buena Vista, and Clay, in the State of Iowa, guaranteed in writing that they were “ genuine and regularly issued.” Payment of said warrants having been demanded and refused, suit Avas brought against the several counties.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. The plaintiff in error, who is a citizen of Iowa, having sold to the defendant in error, a citizen of Maryland, certain warrants purporting to be issued by the counties of O’Brien, Buena Vista, and Clay, in the State of Iowa, guaranteed in writing that they were “ genuine and regularly issued.” Payment of said warrants having been demanded and refused, suit Avas brought against the several counties. They demurred, upon the ground that the warrants were not issued under the proper seal of the county; and judgment was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
All the assignments of error, but one, are founded upon exceptions taken to the charge of the circuit judge. They are numerous ; and many of them do not conform to the rules of this court, or to the. exceptions which were actually taken. Without examining them separately, we shall consider the legal questions they present, so far as they have any bearing upon the case.
The suit was founded upon express guaranties of the genuineness and regularity of issue of county warrants, — guaranties which, the plaintiff alleged, had been broken. He had sued the county to recover the amount of the…
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