Town of East Lincoln v. Davenport
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the' Southern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
The question is as to the legality of certain bonds issued by the town of East Lincoln, bearing date 'of the second day of April, 1873.
The case shows that the plaintiff below was the bona fide owner of the coupons sued upon. Questions of form merely, -or irregularity, or fraud, or misconduct on the part of the agents of the town, cannot, therefore, be considered. Whether the supervisor of the town signed the bonds during the midnight hours, whether he delivered them at about daylight on the morning of April 2,1873, and whether he immediately left the town to avoid the service of an…
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