County of Ralls v. Douglass
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. This suit was brought by Joseph M. Douglass against the County of Ralls, to recover the amount due upon certain interest coupons detached from bonds issued by the defendant in payment of its subscription to the' capital stock of the St. Louis and Keokuk Railroad Company, which was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of Missouri approved Feb. 16, 1857. The section of the act under…
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. This suit was brought by Joseph M. Douglass against the County of Ralls, to recover the amount due upon certain interest coupons detached from bonds issued by the defendant in payment of its subscription to the' capital stock of the St. Louis and Keokuk Railroad Company, which was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of Missouri approved Feb. 16, 1857. The section of the act under which the county claimed the right to subscribe is set forth in the opinion of this court in the following case, p.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
- If we understand correctly the questions presented in this case, they are —
1. Whether, if county bonds are issued in Missouri by a de facto county court, and are sealed with the seal of the court and signed by the de facto president, they can be impeached in the hands of an innocent holder by showing that the acting president was not de jure one of the justices of the court.
2. Whether it can be shown as a defence to bonds issued by counties in Missouri in payment of subscriptions to the capital stock of a company, and in the hands of innocent holders, that the company to whose stock the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Douglass v. County of PikeSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- State ex rel. Missouri & Mississippi Railroad v. Macon County CourtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1867
- Smith v. County of ClarkSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
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- County of Callaway v. FosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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