Mellen v. Town of Lansing

This suit is brought on coupons cut from bonds purporting to have been issued by the town of Lansing, in Tompkins county, New York, and bearing date December 1,1871. The coupons sued on are 47 in number, falling due September 1, 1879, cut from 47 bonds, the principal of which bonds amounts to $38,000, the coupons amounting to $1,^30. It was tried once before this court and a jury, and the plaintiff had a verdict, under the direction of the court, for $1,457.59, being the amount of the-coupons and interest thereon. The defendant moved for a new trial, on a bill of exceptions containing…