County of Scotland v. Thomas
Supreme Court of the United States
Erbob to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. This was a suit brought upon certain coupons attached to bonds, purporting to have been issued by the county of Scotland, in the State of Missouri. The bonds were in the words and figures following, except that each bond had a separate number: — “$1,000.] United States oe America. [No. 65. “Bight-per-cent Bailroad Bond. “ County of Scotland.] [Twenty-five years.
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Erbob to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. This was a suit brought upon certain coupons attached to bonds, purporting to have been issued by the county of Scotland, in the State of Missouri. The bonds were in the words and figures following, except that each bond had a separate number: — “$1,000.] United States oe America. [No. 65. “Bight-per-cent Bailroad Bond. “ County of Scotland.] [Twenty-five years. “ Know all men by these presents, that the county of Scotland, in the State of Missouri, acknowledges itself indebted to the Missouri, Iowa, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bbadley
This action was brought by plaintiff below (the defendant in error) to recover the amount of certain interest coupons attached to certain bonds issued by order of the .county court of Scotland County, Mo. (the defendant below), on behalf'of the county, to pay for a subscription of stock to the Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska Railway Company. Tbe county contests tbe validity of the bonds, on the ground that the question of subscribing to the stock Avas never submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of the county, as required by the Constitution of the State adopted in 1865, the subscription…
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