Ruohs v. Bank
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM HAMILTON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Hamilton County. T. M. McConnell, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtWilkes, J.
Complainant, Ruohs, bought twenty-two bonds, purporting to have been issued by the town of Athens, Tenn., in aid of- the Nashville and Tellico Railroad Company, each for one thousand dollars, and paid for the same $19,800, or at the rate of ninety cents on the dollar. He afterward brought suit against the town of Athens to recover the amount then due him on said bonds, when it was held that the charter of the town of Athens was void, and its bonds, as a consequence, were invalid and void, even in his hands as a loom fide holder for value, and relief was denied him. See the case of Ruohs v.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Donaldson v. FarwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Merchants' Bank v. Bergen CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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- Wood v. GreenTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
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