Dudley v. Board of Com'rs of Lake County
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. This action was brought to recover the amount of a large number of coupons, aggregating $26,500, exclusive of interest, which had formed part of and been attached to bonds of said county of Lake, in the state of Colorado, which had been issued to the amount of $50,000 on or after September 6, 1880, but bearing date July 31, 1880, for the purpose of erecting necessary public buildings for said…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. This action was brought to recover the amount of a large number of coupons, aggregating $26,500, exclusive of interest, which had formed part of and been attached to bonds of said county of Lake, in the state of Colorado, which had been issued to the amount of $50,000 on or after September 6, 1880, but bearing date July 31, 1880, for the purpose of erecting necessary public buildings for said county. Said bonds bore interest at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, payable annually on the 1st day of April of each…
1Opinion of the CourtLochren, District Judge
I. The plaintiff, by the delivery to him of the coupons and written assignments thereof, became the legal owner of such coupons, •and entitled to maintain an action upon them, whether he had actually paid the former owners any consideration for them or not. Holding them by valid written transfers from former bona fide holders- for value, he succeeded to all rights of such former holders. No *675defense is pleaded which makes it material whether the plaintiff, under such circumstances, did or did not pay value for the coupons. Sheridan v. Mayor, 68 N. Y. 30; Commissioners v. Bolles, 94 U. S. 104,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Lake County v. RollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Dixon County v. FieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Town of Coloma v. EavesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Board of Comm'rs of Knox Cty. v. AspinwallSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
- Sheridan v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
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- Board of Com'rs v. SutliffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
- Hughes County v. LivingstonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
- O'Rear v. SartainSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Board of Com'rs v. Keene Five-Cents Sav. BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
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