Holmes v. City of Shreveport

By agreement jury waived, and the four cases consoli’dated. The pleadings, issues, and facts in this case are substantially the same as those in thé case of Dorian v. City of Shreveport, 28 Fed. Rep. 287. The bonds and ordinances relating to their issuance were fully recited in that case. The several statutes vesting powers in the defendant city make up the charter by which we are to test and measure the liability of the corporation for the acts of its agents in entering into the contracts in pursuance of which the bonds held by plaintiff were executed. Dealers in municipal bonds, or other…