Supervisors v. Kennicott
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 CourtChief Justice Waite
The County of Wayne,, Illinois, mortgaged its swamp and overflowed lands to secure an issue of bonds by the Mt. Vernon Railroad Company. The' county was in no way bound for the payment of the debt. ' It simply, mortgaged its lands for the benefit of the company., Default having been made in the pay ment of' the bonds, a suit was begun in' the Circuit Court of th^ United States for the Southern District of-Illinois to foreclose the mortgage. In this suit a decree was entered, June 25, 1874, finding the amount due’from the company on its bonds, and .directing that the lands of the county be…
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