Wright v. East Riverside Irr. Dist.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of California. This was an action at law upon certain interest coupons held by the plaintiff in error, which were originally attached to bonds issued by the East Riverside Irrigation District, the defendant in error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of California. This was an action at law upon certain interest coupons held by the plaintiff in error, which were originally attached to bonds issued by the East Riverside Irrigation District, the defendant in error. The complaint alleges that the defendant in error is, and was at all of the times therein mentioned, an irrigation district, organized and existing under and by virtue of an act of the Legislature of the state of California entitled “An act to provide for the organization and government of irrigation…
1DissentGilbert, Circuit Judge
The defects which are relied upon as rendering the bonds void are three. That which is principally urged is that they were not issued on the day they bore ¿ate, to wit, December 30, 1890, nor for more than one year thereafter, and did not bear date as at the time of their issuance. The statute provided as follows: “If a majority of the votes cast are 'Bonds — Yes,’ the board of directors shall immediately cause bonds in such amount to be issued.” It is admitted by counsel for the defendant in error that the word “issued” is in similar statutes used in two distinct senses; and this is…
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