Graham v. Quinlan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky; Walter Evans, Judge. Mandamus by Mary Amis Quinlan, executrix, etc., and by Sherley D. Murphy and others, against Elliott Graham, County Judge of Green County, Ky. , Decree for complainants, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge.
These were mandamus suits brought in the court below to enforce payment of two of its judgments. Peremptory writs were granted, and the defendants prosecute error.
The cases present similar facts, were heard together here, and will be disposed of in this opinion. The judgment in the Quinlan Case was for $89,195.63, with interest, and $289.12 accrued costs, and that in the Murphy Case was for $108,718.20, with interest, and $789 accrued costs. These judgments were based upon bonds and past-due coupons of Green county, Ky., issued under an act of 1869 entitled “An act…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Green County v. QuinlanSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Quinlan v. Green CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- City of Cleveland v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1909
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