Legal Opinion

Ohio v. Frank

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 18, 1881No. 259PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods

This was an action upon bonds issued by the town of Ohio, the plaintiff in error, and upon certain unpaid coupons attached to them. The bonds were issued by authority of the act of the legislature of Illinois of March 25, 1869, referred to in Walnut v. Wade, supra, p. 683. That case decided every question raised in this except one, which relates to the matter of interest on .the bonds.

That intérest was at the rate of ten per cent per annum. In entering judgment the court below included interest upon the bonds at that rate from their maturity until the date of the judgment. This was assigned…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Holden v. Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Phinney v. BaldwinIllinois Supreme Court · 1854

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Louisiana & Arkansas Ry. Co. v. PrattCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
  2. New Orleans v. WarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  3. Massachusetts Benefit Assn. v. MilesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. United States Mortgage Co. v. SperrySupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  5. Agency of Canadian Car & Foundry Co. v. American Can Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919

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