Amey v. Mayor of Allegheny City
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania. The nature of the case is explained in the head note of this report, and fully set forth in the opinion, of the court.
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This case came up on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania. The nature of the case is explained in the head note of this report, and fully set forth in the opinion, of the court. Mr. Knox divided Ms argument into the following heads: 1. .The words' of the acts. , 2. The purpose of the acts. •3. The interpretation put upon them by the Legislature. ■ Under the first head, he contended that the power to issue bonds was included in the power to subscribe to the capital stock; and referred to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
This case has been sent to this court on a certificate of division of opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court for the western district of Pennsylvania.
The plaintiff has sued the mayor and aldermen and citizens of Allegheny city, in actions of debt, upon several coupons of bonds which were issued by that corporation, and made payable to the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in payment for two subscriptions, of two hundred thousand dollars each, to the stock of the latter.
It was agreed by the parties upon the trial of the cause to submit it for the opinion of the court upon a…
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