Nolan County v. State
Texas Supreme Court
By consent, the case was sent to the Galveston Term. This was an action brought by the State to recover of Rolan County the amount of past due coupons upon certain bonds held by the State for the benefit of the school fund. The bonds purported to have been issued for the purpose of building a court house for the county. The case was tried by the court without a jury upon an agreed statement of facts, and a judgment was rendered for the State for the full amount claimed.
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By consent, the case was sent to the Galveston Term. This was an action brought by the State to recover of Rolan County the amount of past due coupons upon certain bonds held by the State for the benefit of the school fund. The bonds purported to have been issued for the purpose of building a court house for the county. The case was tried by the court without a jury upon an agreed statement of facts, and a judgment was rendered for the State for the full amount claimed. So much of the. agreed statement as is necessary for the purposes of this opinion is as follows: 1. The county of Rolan was…
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
— The act by virtue of which the bonds in controversy purport to have been issued contains the following provisions:
“Section 1. * * * That the County Commissioners Court of any county which has no court house at the county seat is hereby authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of said county, with interest coupons attached, in such amount as may be necessary to erect a suitable building for a court house; said bonds running not exceeding fifteen years, and redeemable at the pleasure of the county, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 8 per cent per annum.
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