Cook v. Lyon County

Opinion by

Judge Holt:

The appellee by a cross appeal in these cases questions the right of the appellants to a judgment upon the overdue interest coupons held by them and which were attached to its bonds, that were issued and delivered to the Elizabethtown and Paducah Railroad Company by virtue of an act to amend the charter of said road, approved February 24, 1868.

It is proper that they should be first considered, because if sustained, the appeals by the appellants must fail.

It is urged that the bonds and coupons are not valid because the county judge in ordering the election to take the vote…