Long v. City of New London

Dyeb, D. J.

This is a suit upon municipal bonds, issued by the village of New London, March 11, 1872, in aid of the Green Bay & Lake Pepin Railway, and upon which no ques*560tion is made as to the liability of the defendant city, if the bonds were valid obligations against the village. The amount of the bonds and coupons in suit is about $6,500, besides interest. The complaint is demurred to, and two grounds of demurrer are urged—First, that the act of the legislature of this state under which the bonds were issued did not apply to the village of New London, nor authorize that municipality to…